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Catholic Hospitals and Access

Almost as soon as President Trump took office, he began rolling back health care rules that had angered religious groups for much of the last decade. First, Trump signed an executive order declaring that his administration would protect religious freedom. Then, his administration ruled that health insurance plans offered by large employers don’t have to […]

July 30, 2018

Severe Bleeding Prompts Warnings About Synthetic Cannabinoids

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WFMY)– Several cases of severe bleeding following synthetic cannabinoid use have identified in North Carolina. A recent case of severe bleeding, in the Triad, has prompted state health officials to issue a warning to the public about the dangers of synthetic cannabinoids. Read More

July 30, 2018

Jewish Doctor, Removed from Duty, Apologizes for Posts on White Nationalist Sites

NEW YORK — A New York doctor says he is sorry for posting comments online supporting a white-only nation and armed racial conflict. Dr. Dov Bechhofer, a resident radiologist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, was removed from duty this week after an anonymous article on the blogging site Medium identified him as an […]

July 30, 2018

AP-NORC Poll: 6 in 10 Latinos Face Barriers to Care

WASHINGTON — Nearly 6 in 10 Hispanic adults have had a difficult time communicating with a health care provider because of a language or cultural barrier, and when they do they often turn to outside sources for help, according to a new study conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey […]

July 30, 2018

House Votes to Delay Obamacare Insurance Tax

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday on bills to delay an Affordable Care Act tax and allow consumers broader use of health savings accounts. In a 242-176 vote, House Republicans joined one dozen Democrats to support a bill that would postpone the health insurance tax through 2021. The tax, which already had been delayed through […]

July 30, 2018

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Top Administrator Slams ‘Medicare For All’

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s Medicare chief slammed Sen. Bernie Sanders’ call for a national health plan, saying “Medicare for All” would undermine care for seniors and become “Medicare for None.” The broadside from Medicare and Medicaid administrator Seema Verma came in a San Francisco speech Aug. 25 that coincided with a focus on health […]

July 30, 2018

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TANYA UDEN-HOLMAN

TANYA UDEN-HOLMAN was named dean of University College at the University of Iowa. Uden-Holman will also serve as associate provost for undergraduate education. She currently serves as director of the Institute for Public Health practices. She earned her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Iowa.

July 30, 2018

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Lynchings of the past affect health today

Counties with higher rates of lynching between 1877 and 1950 showed higher mortality rates between 2010 and 2014. A new study by researchers from the University of South Carolina in the US, led by Janice Probst and Saundra Glover, looks into the relationship between past occurrence of lynching – unpunished, racially motivated murder – and […]

July 30, 2018

HOLLY JEFFCOAT

HOLLY JEFFCOAT has been named dean of libraries at Southern Methodist University, effective August 1. She currently serves as the associate dean of libraries at the University of Connecticut. Jeffcoat has a bachelor’s degree from Greensboro College, a master’s degree from Utah State University and a second master’s degree from the University of Arizona.

July 30, 2018

How Being Black in America Is Bad for Your Health

On an overcast, humid morning, Antonice C. Woodfork grabs an umbrella and sets out from her home in a far-from-gentrified neighborhood in the District of Columbia and starts marching to the nearest grocery store, seven-tenths of a mile away. Woodfork, 42, who is African-American, could take a bus with one transfer, but the buses don’t […]

July 30, 2018

MARLA ROYNE STAFFORD

MARLA ROYNE STAFFORD was named dean of the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis. Stafford recently served as chair of the department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona, a master’s degree from Rollins College and a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia.

July 30, 2018

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WENDY YORK

WENDY YORK was named dean of the College of Business at Clemson University, effective mid-July 2018, and will also hold a tenured faculty position in marketing at the university. York recently served as the associate dean of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. She has a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a master’s degree from Harvard Business School.

July 30, 2018

CHRISTINE CHIN

CHRISTINE CHIN was selected as dean of the School of International Service at American University. She previously served as interim dean. Chin holds a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College, a master’s degree from the University of California and a Ph.D. from American University.

July 30, 2018

SUSAMMA BARUA

SUSAMMA BARUA was named dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at California State University, Fullerton. Barua has served as interim dean since 2016. She has a bachelor’s degree from Regional Engineering College in India, a master’s degree from the University of Tulsa and a Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati.

July 30, 2018

Standardized Tests Now Optional at Indiana School

Students who want to go to college but don’t perform well on standardized tests – or just hate taking them – might be delighted by a new policy at an Indiana school. Ball State University in Muncie has become the first public four-year university in the Hoosier State to make the SAT and ACT optional […]

July 30, 2018

Ole Miss Alumni to Induct Civil Rights Legend James Meredith

James Meredith, the man who integrated the University of Mississippi in 1962 with the help of federal marshals, will be inducted into the school’s Alumni Hall of Fame along with six others during this year’s homecoming events in October.

July 27, 2018

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Tuskegee Alumna, Administrator Named Interim Provost

Dr. Roberta Troy, a Tuskegee University faculty member, has been appointed interim provost and vice president for academic affairs. She succeeds Dr. Tejinder Sara, who served as provost since July 2017 and recently returned to retirement. Troy was scheduled to retire at the end of the summer semester, but delayed her retirement to accept the […]

July 27, 2018

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Eight HBCU Students Awarded Beyoncé-Google Scholarships

Texas Southern University (TSU) student Jordan Davis is one of eight recipients of the 2018-19 BeyGOOD Homecoming Scholars Award. Superstar singer-actress Beyoncé Knowles-Carter created the initiative in April alongside Google.org, the philanthropic site of Google, in order to provide scholarships to students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Davis will receive $25,000 in scholarship […]

July 27, 2018

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