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Academics
Marine Corps Tested His Mind and Body, Student Says
URBANA, Ill. ā Ā In four years assigned to a helicopter unit, Cpl. David Steinfels experienced a lot of hard landings, fast-roping off the āhelosā with up to 100 pounds of gear when it wasnāt safe enough to me down. He served in the Marine Corps infantry from 2011 to 2015, and received advanced medical and [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Veterans
Veteransā Employment Shows Strong Gains
The U.S. economy has improved significantly over the past several years, and veterans now find themselves in a much better place than the years immediately following the recession. Americans do a lot to celebrate veterans for their service fighting for the country. ButĀ transitioning veterans to good careersĀ after their serviceĀ has been a problem. Federal and private [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Veterans
Report: Businessman Regrets Recommending VA Chief
The chairman of Marvel Comics (ie Marvel Entertainment) feels betrayed by Secretary David Shulkin after putting his name out there for selection by President Trump in January 2017. Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter reportedly suggested President Trump hire Shulkin last year likely during one of theirĀ golf outingsĀ at Trumpās Mar-a-Lago resort. The Marvel mogul now āfeels [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Other News
Report: New York For-Profit Colleges Falling Short
New Yorkās for-profit colleges leave students with huge debt and have little impact on earning potential, according to a new report published by The Century Foundation. The foundation, a New York City-based public policy think tank, compared student outcomes at 427 colleges and universities, including 112 public, 196 nonprofit and 119 for-profit institutions. The report, [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Policy
Lawmakers Push to Arm Teachers, Hire Ex-Military or Former Police as Guards
As the recent school shootings have raised serious concerns over gun laws and student safety, lawmakers are considering measures to arm teachers or hire military and police veterans as school guards. Alabama lawmakers have pushed forward a bill that would allow for some teachers to have firearms on K-12 school properties. The bill, HB 435, [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Policy
Trump Order Bans Most Transgender Troops
President Donald Trump released an order Friday night banning most transgender troops from serving in the military except under ālimited circumstances,ā following up on his calls last year to ban transgender individuals from serving. The White House said retaining troops with a history or diagnosis of āgender dysphoriaā ā those who may require substantial medical [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Executing Dealers
Vengeance is not a public health policy. But itās implicit in a policy measure coming out of the White House, which would attempt to solve the opioid crisis with a plan that includes sentencing some high-intensity traffickers to death. It may feel good, and for some segment of the population, vengeance may even look good. [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Disparities
Analysis Reveals Why Asthma Inhalers Fail Minority Children
The largest-ever whole-genome sequencing study of drug response in minority children has revealed new clues about why the front-line asthma drug albuterol does not work as well for African-American and Puerto Rican children as it does for European American or Mexican children. Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease in the world, according toĀ World [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Disparities
R.I. Foundation Offers $28 M for Work on Disparities
TheĀ Rhode Island FoundationĀ is offering $2.8 million in grants to nonprofit organizations to address heath disparities in communities around the state. The deadline to apply is April 2. āThe foundation will give priority to proposals that bring together clinical organizations, community-based organizations and residents to improve the health of communities with high rates of illness, chronic [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Disparities
2-Year-Old Has Rare āVanishing Boneā Disease
An Ottawa County boy is battling a disease so rare, less than 300 cases have been reported in the entire world. Two-year-old Leo Aguillon went to the doctor for pneumonia a couple weeks ago, but a chest x-ray and CT scan showed the unimaginable: half of the bones in his chest were gone. āThey found [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Disparities
Restricting Calories May Offer Benefits for Elderly
One of the first studies to explore the effects of calorie restriction on humans showed that cutting caloric intake by 15 percent for two years slowed aging and metabolism and protected against age-related disease. The study, which appears March 22 in the journalĀ Cell Metabolism, found that calorie restriction decreased systemic oxidative stress, which has been [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Policies
AP: Promise for Vetsā Private Care Deadlocked
President Donald Trump is holding out the promise of better health care for veterans through an imminent expansion of private-sector services outside the Department of Veterans Affairs system. The problem: His campaign priority remains deadlocked in Congress as his VA secretary struggles with rebellion inside the agency. During the presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly pledged to [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Policies
HHS Website Drops Lesbian, Bisexual Resources
The Department of Health and Human Services quietly removed lesbian and bisexual content from its womenās health website last fall, according to aĀ new reportĀ from theĀ Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit government watchdog group. TheĀ findings, released on Wednesday, noted that the HHS-operated Office of Womenās Health (OWH) āremoved a webpage with extensive information about lesbian and bisexual health, [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Policies
Democrats See Chance to Improve Obamacare
President Barack ObamaĀ signed the Affordable Care Act into law on March 23, 2010 ā eight years ago Friday. But this anniversary feels different from the ones that came before it. In the past, Democrats have been preoccupied with implementing the law and fending off efforts to destroy it. That was especially true last year, when [ā¦]
March 27, 2018
Opinion
The Battle for Americaās Soul
Citizens of America, we are under siege and on the battlefield against each other. We live in the same United States, but we live in a divided country. America, what is happening to us?
March 26, 2018
Latest News
āElect Herā Program Aims to Close Leadership Gap
Students at Northern Virginia Community Collegeās Alexandria campus are learning to empower and encourage women to take leadership roles on and off campus through a program co-hosted by the American Association of University Women.
March 26, 2018
Tenure
American University Deals With Six Womenās Charges of Discrimination
Last summer, professor Carolyn Brown accused American University provost Dr. Scott A. Bass of racial and gender discrimination after he denied her tenure on contentious grounds. Brown is among six women who have accused the provost of discrimination in recent years.
March 26, 2018
HBCUs
Uplifting HBCUs As Models of Student Success
To help counter the false narrative that often is bestowed upon historically Black colleges and universities, these institutions should make it a priority to highlight their unique strengths and accomplishments as often as possible.
March 26, 2018
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