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ACT to Provide Free Breakfast to Students at 5 Virginia Testing Centers

ACT will provide a free breakfast on Saturday to students taking its assessment at any of its five testing centers in Virginia, according to officials at the Iowa-based organization. Breakfast will be provided at testing facilities in Eastville, Harrisonburg, Martinsville, Springfield and Tazewell. The meals are part of a new initiative by ACT and Virginia’s Child and […]

October 24, 2018

Former N.C. Mill Town Now Draws Medical Research Volunteers

At 97, Morrison lives in a Concord retirement community but walks almost daily, plays bridge four days a week and has never had a serious illness. Despite her regimen, and her suspicion that good genes are largely responsible, she seems mildly surprised at her good health. “I just keep going,” she said. Read More

October 24, 2018

Trial Shows Promise in Fight Against Rare, Aggressive Breast Cancer

A recent clinical trial could change the face of therapy for a very aggressive and stubborn form of breast cancer: triple-negative. A combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy boosts survival rates, the scientists found. Triple-negative breast cancer is so called since its cells lack receptors for two hormones (estrogen and progesterone) and one protein (HER2). Read […]

October 24, 2018

Drug Overdose Death Numbers Begin to Level Off

The number of U.S. drug overdose deaths has begun to level off after years of relentless increases driven by the opioid epidemic, health secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday, cautioning it’s too soon to declare victory. “We are so far from the end of the epidemic, but we are perhaps, at the end of the beginning,” […]

October 24, 2018

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Drug Payments

Doctors would use the provincial funding code if it remotely came close to covering the cost of the infusion. This is a common problem which gets no attention. The province doesn’t want to appropriately fund the cost of medicine and deliberately under-reimburses for a number of services. They do so with the hope that either […]

October 24, 2018

N.H. Gov. Plans to Increase Funding for Nursing Education

Gov. Chris Sununu will request a $24 million capital investment into the state’s nursing education programs if re-elected, he announced Tuesday, pledging “the most robust investment ever” into fixing a persistent nursing shortage. Speaking before students and educators at Manchester Community College, which runs licensed nursing assistant and registered nurse programs, Sununu presented a plan […]

October 24, 2018

San Diego State University Receives $20 Million to Build Center Focused on Minority Health

The National Institutes of Health awarded San Diego State University a grant of nearly $20 million to build a center for medical research on health issues in San Diego and Imperial counties. SDSU received the grant from the NIH’s National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, which supports schools that serve large populations of […]

October 24, 2018

Native American Child Welfare Act Faces Challenges

On Mother’s Day 2015, Iva Johnson, a member of the Navajo Nation living off reservation in Flagstaff, Arizona, suffered a heart attack and fell into a coma. When she opened her eyes days later, she saw two unfamiliar women sitting at the end of her bed. “I was trying to focus, and I was thinking […]

October 24, 2018

Navajo Nation Uses Zumba to Curb Obesity Among Members

When Denisa Livingston and a group of Navajo women danced the Zumba in front of their council chamber, it raised a few eyebrows among the North American tribe. The Latin dance-inspired aerobic workout was just one way of raising awareness about how exercise and healthy food can help an obesity and diabetes epidemic among Native […]

October 24, 2018

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Howard’s 4th Annual LGBTQ Renaissance Reception Held Wednesday

Howard University’s fourth annual LGBTQ Renaissance Reception was held Wednesday at the university’s Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library Atrium and Lobby, according to information from Howard’s website. The event’s purpose was to demonstrate the university’s commitment to inclusion and diversity while honoring students interested in advancing LGBTQ advocacy. The event also recognized the three recipients of […]

October 24, 2018

Morehouse College King Collection Receives Governor’s Award

The Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection received a 2018 Governor’s Award for the Arts and Humanities for its preservation of artifacts representing the life and legacy of Dr. King. Stored in the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library, the King Collection features more than 13,000 items from King’s life and work between 1944 and […]

October 24, 2018

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Morgan State, AFRO-American Newspaper Partner for African-American Polling Initiative

Morgan State University (MSU) and AFRO-American Newspaper are partnering to launch a statewide polling and research initiative to understand African-American’s opinions on a variety of issues. The institution and publication’s research collaboration will start with a poll on Maryland’s gubernatorial race and continue surveying and analyzing African-American attitudes on relevant community issues such as economics […]

October 24, 2018

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Study: Parental Education is a Major Factor in Considering Advanced Degree

Parental education is a major factor in an undergraduate student’s decision whether to pursue an advanced degree, and it may be an impediment to Black, Hispanic and first-generation populations, according to a study by Gallup, the Association of American Law Schools and the Law School Admission Council.

October 23, 2018

SUNY Downstate’s Star Program to Expand to Increase Care for People with HIV/AIDS

SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s Special Treatment and Research (STAR) Program has partnered with Brookdale Hospital to expand the program’s health center to provide more health services for people living with HIV and AIDS. The center, previously called the Treatment for Life Center, is now known as the STAR Health Center – Brookdale and will service […]

October 23, 2018

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Olympic College Students Feel Delay in GI Bill Payments

Student veterans across the country have been left in the lurch as the Department of Veterans Affairs works to sift through a backlog of GI Bill payments, including a number of students at Olympic College who are still waiting for their benefits payout a month after the start of the new school year. Sean Delaire, a full-time student studying […]

October 23, 2018

Rutgers Nursing School Awarded for New Spanish Language Program

Rutgers School of Nursing-Camden has received an award for its certificate in Spanish for its health professions program. The program, developed by the school, is the recipient of the 2018 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Innovations in Professional Nursing Education Award. The program was developed with funds from a $600,000 grant from the […]

October 23, 2018

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Record Number of Female Combat Vets Running for Congress

WASHINGTON — A record number of female combat veterans are on the ballot in congressional races this fall, a test of whether women can repeat the success American men have long enjoyed of by turning military experience into political careers. The nine candidates have the potential to more than double the number of female combat […]

October 23, 2018

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International Colloquium Creates Space for Women Scholars and Undergrads

The International Colloquium on Black Males in Education kicked off this week with pre-colloquium events, including a Graduate School Academy and a Black Female Forum.

October 23, 2018