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Maryland Lawmakers Urge Release of Racial Data on Virus

Maryland lawmakers have joined politicians nationwide in asking for the release of data on coronavirus cases by race in order to address potential disparities in the response to the pandemic. Maryland Del. Nick Mosby called for such racial data to be made available in a series of social media posts Sunday. The Democrat, who is […]

April 6, 2020

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Racial Breakdown Of NYC’s COVID-19 Cases Necessary To Track The Pandemic’s Inequities

Concerned that New York City’s communities of color are being disproportionately exposed to the deadly COVID-19 virus, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has asked the de Blasio administration to turn over data breaking down coronavirus cases by race. “What it appears is that, as usual, certain communities are gonna get hit hard and that doesn’t have […]

April 6, 2020

Myron Rolle, Now a Doctor Treating Coronavirus Patients, Draws on Football Background in Crisis

Myron Rolle’s hands are used to moving from one unalike task to another. He has batted away footballs and wielded a blade in neurosurgery with equal deftness at the top levels, so dealing with the novel coronavirus would be just another stretch, if not for an unsettling major difference: He is being asked to play without a helmet. Rolle […]

April 6, 2020

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Health Issues for Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans May Cause Coronavirus to Ravage Communities

Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans have many underlying health conditions, including asthma and heart disease, that could make them more vulnerable to complications from the coronavirus, leaving advocates, lawmakers and public health experts worried these long marginalized communities won’t get equal access to tests and treatment as the outbreak spreads. “The virus is an equal-opportunity crisis … but the impact and […]

April 6, 2020

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How Racial Health Disparities Will Play Out in the Pandemic

The federal government has failed its populace in many ways since the COVID-19 pandemic reached American soil. It began early on with an inadequate supply of test kits being provided to clinicians, compounded when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention enacted strict criteria for which patients could even receive one. Dr. Uché Blackstock notes […]

April 6, 2020

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The Coronavirus Doesn’t Discriminate, But U.S. Health Care Showing Familiar Biases

The new coronavirus doesn’t discriminate. But physicians in public health and on the front lines say that in the response to the pandemic, they can already see the emergence of familiar patterns of racial and economic bias. In one analysis, it appears doctors may be less likely to refer African Americans for testing when they […]

April 6, 2020

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COVID-19 Disproportionately Affecting Black Men In Milwaukee — Including One Of Its Favorites

Lawrence Riley was described as a father figure for many in his neighborhood, serving as a surrogate for many who did not have a dad growing up. “He was an iron man,” his son Elvaughn told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. “He was big, big, big in the community.” But despite the love the 6-foot-5 gentle giant gave to the world […]

March 30, 2020

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University of Connecticut Doctor Charged With Intentionally Coughing on Health Workers

FARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) — A University of Connecticut doctor has been accused of intentionally coughing on two other UConn Health workers and disregarding social distancing and other safety precautions aimed at preventing spread of the coronavirus. UConn police issued a misdemeanor breach of peace summons on Thursday to Dr. Cory Edgar, school officials said. Read […]

March 30, 2020

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, State of Maryland Fund Hopkins-Led COVID-19 Treatment Research

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, and Johns Hopkins University announced today a joint effort to fund research into the potential therapeutic uses of COVID-19 convalescent plasma, led by Arturo Casadevall, an infectious disease expert and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor who holds joint appointments in the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and the […]

March 30, 2020

NYU Offered Med Students the Chance to Graduate Early and Fight the Coronavirus. Dozens Volunteered.

New York University’s medical school announced Wednesday that it will allow members of the class of 2020 to graduate early to assist in the fight against coronavirus. The Grossman School of Medicine said in a statement that it would permit early graduation for its medical students in response “to the growing spread of COVID-19, and […]

March 30, 2020

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Coronavirus Crisis Prompts Barry University to Graduate Medical Students Early

Given the dire need for medical staff in the face of the ongoing pandemic, Barry University decided to allow 17 students to graduate early and join the fight against the novel coronavirus at stretched-thin hospitals across the nation, weeks sooner than anticipated. The private Catholic university in Miami Shores joined a list of higher education […]

March 30, 2020

AG: State’s Universities Should Report Where COVID-19 Students Work, Live

PHOENIX — Touting the importance of transparency, Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Friday that state government and its universities should disclose where employees and students who came down with COVID-19 were working and living. In a formal legal opinion, Brnovich acknowledged that there are various laws governing both patient and student privacy. And he said […]

March 30, 2020

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University Of Illinois Raises Student Health Insurance Premiums Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

The University of Illinois Board of Trustees voted earlier this month to increase health insurance premiums by more than 30 percent for students at its Urbana-Champaign campus. Beginning in the fall, undergraduate premiums will increase by almost $200 per semester, while premiums for graduate students will go up by about $230 per semester. Read More

March 30, 2020

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Doctors Are Concerned That Black Communities Might Not Be Getting Access To Coronavirus Tests

A group of doctors in Virginia is calling for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization to release information about whether black communities are being left behind as the shortage of coronavirus tests continues in the US. They’re concerned that black communities and other underserved groups might be disproportionately missing out on […]

March 23, 2020

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Alabama’s Acclinate Genetics Partners With National HBCU Debate Group to Tackle Minority Health Disparities

Speech and debate are skills that require study and practice, much like athletics. The mental and emotional endurance required for students participating in a national speech and debate championship rivals that of athletes on the field, but in debate the competitive advantage is words. Pair that with a meaningful problem worth solving, and a movement […]

March 23, 2020

Five FIU Medical School Administrators Leaving to Launch Medical School in Las Vegas

Five administrators at Florida International University’s medical school will depart this summer to launch another medical school in the Las Vegas area — marking a huge shift for FIU’s relatively new program during a global pandemic. Dr. Pedro “Joe” Greer, a long-serving community figurehead and Associate Dean of FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, will […]

March 23, 2020

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Medical Students Should Get Out of the Hospital–Now

With COVID-19 cases already numbering in the thousands and a doubling rate of three days, the United States is on track to have 100 million cases by May. To have any hope of mitigating spread, we now know that we need to practice aggressive social distancing. As a medical student who was scheduled to have patient practicum […]

March 23, 2020

Meet the Medical Students Who Launched a Program to Offer Childcare to Hospital Workers Fighting the Coronavirus Pandemic

As the war against the merciless coronavirus rages on, health care workers nationwide are on the frontline of an unpredictable battle. While working tireless hours, those in the field often forgo their own needs. Now, one group of University of Minnesota (UMN) Medical School students has decided to lend a hand — not at the […]

March 23, 2020

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