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Blogs/Opinion
Improve Obamacare
The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has endured attack after attack, yet it has not collapsed. Instead, it proves repeatedly that it fills a substantial gap in the U.S. health-care system. This should finally cause some reflection among those who have been trying to kill it. President Donald Trumpâs Health and Human Services [âŚ]
April 23, 2018
Disparities
Lower Blood Pressure Guidelines Carry Risks, Say Experts
A new report in JAMA Internal Medicine by University of Sydney and Bond University scholars weighs the risks and benefits of a recent change to blood pressure guidelines in the US. The recent recommendations from American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association are as follows: â lowering the threshold for diagnosing hypertension in adults from [âŚ]
April 23, 2018
Disparities
Transgender Youth Diagnosed More Often as Mentally Ill
We know that transgender and gender non-conforming people are at an increased risk of many things, including discrimination and violence. And the same is true for transgender and gender non-conforming young people. Past research has shown that this bias can lead to higher rates of mental illness among transgender students compared to their cisgender peers. A new Kaiser Permanente study takes [âŚ]
April 23, 2018
Disparities
As Opioid Deaths Spike, Minority Faith Leaders Issue Call to Action
The Rev. L.C. Ray admittedly knew little of the regionâs opioid crisis before his WNC Baptist Fellowship Church congregation asked him last year how they could raise awareness about of an epidemic killing an average of four people a day in North Carolina. The Rev. L.C. Ray admittedly knew little of the regionâs opioid crisis before his WNC Baptist Fellowship Church congregation asked him [âŚ]
April 23, 2018
Disparities
Some Regions Lag in Preparedness
An annual assessment of the nationâs day-to-day readiness for managing health emergencies improved significantly over the past five years, though deep regional differences remain. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released the 2018 National Health Security Preparedness Index, which found the United States scored a 7.1 on a 10-point scale for preparednessânearly a 3 percent [âŚ]
April 23, 2018
Disparities
Dr. Keith C. Ferdinand: Eliminating Cardiac Disparities
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, professor of medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Heart and Vascular Institute in New Orleans. He focuses largely on cardiac risk factor evaluation and control, especially hypertension and hyperlipidemia, including communities of racial and ethnic minorities. I move medicine by a combination of direct patient care and teaching the [âŚ]
April 23, 2018
Disparities
Med Centerâs Approach Improves Blood Pressure Results for Blacks, Hispanics
Serving a population made up largely of African-American and Hispanic patients, a Miami primary care and multispecialty group saw the same racial and ethnic health disparities in hypertension that are rampant in the American population at large. But the team at Doctorâs Medical Center (DMC) was able to secure a 16 percent improvement in its [âŚ]
April 23, 2018
Policies
Judge Rules Against HHS on Ending Teen Pregnancy Program
A federal judge in D.C. ruled Thursday that the Trump administrationâs cut to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program were unlawful. Last summer, the administration notified 81 organizations that their five-year grants through the program would end in 2018, rather than in 2020, prompting multiple lawsuits. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson ruled in one of those cases [âŚ]
April 23, 2018
News Roundup
Lawrence University Fundraising for Full Scholarships
APPLETON, Wis. â Lawrence University is close to reaching a level of endowment that would allow it to cover tuition and fees for students who canât afford the schoolâs tuition. Tuition for the 2018-19 academic year at the Appleton university will cost almost $58,000, Wisconsin Public Radio reported. The university started a fundraising campaign in [âŚ]
April 22, 2018
Opinion
Itâs Time to Secure the Vote
In spite of our professed love of voting as one of the most precious and fundamental features of American democracy, the framers crafted a Constitution that doesnât include an affirmative right to vote.
April 22, 2018
News Roundup
Task Force Formed After Racist Incidents Releases Findings
DURHAM, N.H. â A year after a video showing White students wearing ponchos and sombreros at Cinco de Mayo celebrations angered students of color and set off a series of racist incidents, a University of New Hampshire task force announced some recommendations and steps theyâve taken to address concerns about racism, including hoping the Mexican [âŚ]
April 22, 2018
Latest News
University of Pennsylvania Will Allow Former President to Revise Dissertation
The University of Pennsylvania will allow Dr. Gregory J. Vincentâthe former president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges who resigned amid allegations that he plagiarized portions of his dissertationâthe opportunity to make revisions.
April 22, 2018
News Roundup
Syracuse Fraternity Permanently Expelled Over Racist Video
SYRACUSE, N.Y. â Syracuse University announced Saturday that it has permanently expelled a fraternity over an offensive video that fraternity members say was intended as satire. Chancellor Kent Syverud called the Theta Tau video âracist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, ableist and sexistâ in a video posted on the universityâs website. He said disciplinary actions against the individual [âŚ]
April 22, 2018
HBCUs
Court Ruling Bad News for Struggling Morris Brown
Financially struggling Morris Brown College this month was dealt another blow when the Georgia Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that a land sale rooted in property sold by Morris Brown was illegal.
April 22, 2018
Opinion
Lessons From Starbucksâ Imperfect Response to Systemic Racism
During our recent time at the American Educational Research Association Conference in New York City, we learned about the now-infamous Starbucks incident and our first reaction was, âHere we go againâŚâ
April 22, 2018
HBCUs
Simmonsâ Presidency Ushers in New Era for Prairie View
Dr. Ruth J. Simmons took the mantle this weekend as the first woman and eighth president of Prairie View A&M University, marking the special occasion with the creation of a $100,000 scholarship to honor her parents.
April 22, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Welcoming Older Students
Doretha Daniels witnessed many key moments in history, such as voting rights granted to White women, the Great Depression, both world wars, the Civil Rights Movement, the lunar landing and more. By the time she turned 50, she and other Black women in the U.S. were finally granted their right to vote in 1965. Although [âŚ]
April 20, 2018
Veterans
âStand Downâ Event Connects Veterans to Services
âThis is the first time weâve added an evening Stand Down for veterans who arenât able to attend the daytime event,â said Chris Wolf, WNCCâs military and veterans affairs director. âItâs a neat way to get the vets together and visit with them about whatâs available.â Some of the available services include VA benefits, housing [âŚ]
April 20, 2018
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