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Disparities
Texas A&M Will Launch Hispanic Health Institute
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas A&M announced the creation of a Hispanic health institute aiming to boost Latino participation in clinical research trials — increasing its footprint in the Rio Grande Valley as rival University of Texas inaugurates a new medical school there. Unveiled at the state Capitol, the program will be the only one of […]
June 29, 2016
Disparities
Agency Will Give Tribes Funds for HIV Prevention
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans will award up to $1 million in grants to tribes and organizations across the country in an effort to improve HIV prevention and care outcomes among tribal populations. The funding from the Indian Health Service will come in the form of […]
June 29, 2016
Disparities
Federal Funds Target Native Americans in Cities
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Health programs serving Native Americans in Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque and Reno, Nevada, are among dozens of non-profits that have been awarded federal Indian Health Service grants. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agency says the grants are meant to make healthcare more accessible to Native Americans living in […]
June 29, 2016
Disparities
Garden Plots Fill Need for Healthy Eating
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — Lee Jennings looked through his office window and over the 3 acres of well-mowed grass and forest land outside. There was always something happening out there: Boy Scout and Girl Scout meetings, camp outs, cookouts. He got to thinking, “It’s land that is just mowed. Why not get more people involved […]
June 29, 2016
Disparities
Medical Students Learning to Curb Opioid Abuse
WORCESTER, Mass. — At first, the woman tried to hide her painkiller problem. She told the doctor that she still had pain from her past pregnancy, and that she just wanted a refill on her pain medication. After a few questions, though, she admitted that a friend had sold her some OxyContin, and that she’d […]
June 29, 2016
News Roundup
Court Upholds Free Tuition for Texas Vets
A federal appeals court has upheld a much-watched Texas program that promises free college educations to military veterans if they lived in the state when they enlisted.
June 29, 2016
News Roundup
Therapy Dog Aids Vet, Spreads Cheer
The minute Laura Diachenko hands Jack’s leash to Roger Wieland, they are off on their daily adventure at Cape Coral’s Gulf Coast Village.
June 29, 2016
News Roundup
Ohio Waives Vets’ Teaching License Fees
The Ohio Department of Education has eliminated fees for teaching licenses for military veterans and for active-duty service members and their spouses.
June 29, 2016
Asian American Pacific Islander
Ono Tapped as New President of University of British Columbia
Dr. Santa J. Ono, one of a handful of Asian-American college presidents in the nation, is leaving the University of Cincinnati to become president at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
June 28, 2016
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Advocates for Gun Control Call for Massive March in D.C.
In the wake of the gun massacre in Orlando, several civil rights and labor organizations are calling for a massive march in the nation’s capital later this summer to call attention to the issue of gun control.
June 28, 2016
African-American
The Horror in Orlando: And Black Lives Still Matter
As it is with most of the world community, I find the massacre that recently occurred in Orlando, Fla., to be extremely disturbing.
June 28, 2016
Students
Scholar: After Fisher, Schools Should Reassess Diversity Policies
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled to uphold the use of race in college admissions, colleges and universities should assess their policies in a way that takes a more nuanced look at diversity, a higher education scholar said Tuesday.
June 28, 2016
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DENEESE L. JONES
DENEESE L. JONES has been appointed vice president for academic affairs at Trinity University. She was provost of Drake University. Jones received a bachelor’s from Texas Woman’s University, and a master’s and a doctorate from Texas A&M University.
June 28, 2016
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MARGARET WOODING BAKER
MARGARET WOODING BAKER has been appointed dean of the School of Nursing and Health Professions at the University of South Florida, effective August 22. She is associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Washington School of Nursing. Baker earned a bachelor’s from Russell Sage College in New York, a master’s from Otterbein College in Ohio and a doctorate from the University of Washington.
June 28, 2016
Other News
Research focuses on health needs of gays, lesbians
Researchers now have a broader understanding of the health disparities suffered by gay, lesbian and bisexual people. A recent study found that these groups are more likely to suffer psychological distress, heavy drinking and heavy cigarette smoking. The study, published in the American Medical Association’s Internal Medicine journal on Monday, sheds new light on such […]
June 28, 2016
Other News
Let them eat dirt! Our obsession with hygiene is jeopardizing our children’s health
It’s a nerve-wrecking time to be a parent. Every week, mothers are chastised with the seemingly endless list of chronic childhood illnesses their little ones might contract, from autoimmune diseases like eczema or asthma to nut allergies, dairy intolerances, to behavioural disorders such as ADHD. But what if we could prevent early-onset health issues simply […]
June 28, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
The First Citywide Program to Get Black Women on PrEP Is Coming to Washington, D.C.
It’s been two years since Truvada, a drug that prevents HIV infection, got an enthusiastic seal of approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization. Those two public-health juggernauts primarily recommended the daily pill, also known as pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP, for intravenous drug users and men who have […]
June 28, 2016
Students
$500 Tuition Could Apply to Elizabeth City State Students
RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina lawmakers have re-included one historically black university in an experimental program to cut tuition to just $500 a semester for in-state students at some University of North Carolina campuses. House and Senate leaders announced Monday night as part of the two chambers’ budget compromise that tuition cuts for in-state students […]
June 28, 2016
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