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Life with Rare Disease

You get that call you feared. You have cancer. Hours go by. You decide how you’re going to tell your family. You research treatments and statistics. You start to wonder if you’re going to die. This was a reality for Frank Rivera. In 2004 he started having breathing issues and couldn’t walk for any amount […]

April 9, 2018

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Massachusetts Begins Accepting Cannabis Bids

BOSTON — Massachusetts is taking another step on the road toward commercial sales of recreational marijuana, which are expected to begin on July 1. On Monday, April 2, the Cannabis Control Commission began accepting applications for “priority certification” of marijuana businesses. Operators of medical marijuana dispensaries seeking to expand into commercial sales are eligible for […]

April 9, 2018

New Director Named for Office Testing Medicare Changes

The Trump administration on Friday announced a new director for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), an office that could be at the center of efforts to shake up and reform the health system. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma told staff in an email that Adam Boehler, the former […]

April 9, 2018

Yale Works with FDA to Advance Diversity in Research

To promote scientific progress and diversity in clinical research, Yale School of Medicine and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have agreed to collaborate on a range of far-reaching science-based initiatives. Through trainings, fellowships, internships, research, and education, the agreement will foster the exchange of scientific information between the institutions and improve human health. Read […]

April 9, 2018

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April 9, 2018

Poll: Americans See Drug Addiction as Disease

A slim majority of Americans see prescription drug addiction as a disease that requires medical treatment, but most would not welcome those suffering from the problem into their neighborhoods, workplaces or families. New survey results reveal Americans’ complex view of addiction as the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history ripples through communities nationwide. More than […]

April 9, 2018

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Millennials at Risk for Heart Disease

Many heart disease risk factors are the same for everyone. Lifestyle choices such as insufficient exercise, obesity, nicotine addition and excessive alcohol consumption are factors that put many adults at risk. But Dr. Regis Fernandes, a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic (a nonprofit medical practice and research group in Rochester, Minnesota), says such behaviors seem […]

April 9, 2018

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Proposed Regulations Could Penalize Immigrants

The latest leaks in Washington indicate that the Trump administration remains serious about discouraging documented immigrants and their children from using federally funded health and nutrition programs – a policy change that could have wide-ranging implications for the Philadelphia School District and its students. “What they’re saying is that they’re going to greatly broaden the […]

April 9, 2018

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Arthur Ashe: A Sportsman Who Changed the World

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Arthur Ashe, a social justice advocate and tennis legend who won three Grand Slam titles and was the first Black man to ever win the singles title at Wimbledon.

April 8, 2018

Albany State Gets NEH Grant for Museum, Heritage Studies Program

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Albany State University a grant to assist with establishing an interdisciplinary museum and heritage studies minor.

April 8, 2018

We Regret to Inform You…

Rejection is all too familiar in academia. We get rejected from fellowships, grants, academic journals and tenure-track jobs. At times, we do not even receive a rejection letter or email and are left to our own thoughts in the abyss of silence.

April 8, 2018

Advocates Say School Gun Clubs Teach Discipline, Not Violence

DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Their classmates took to the streets to protest gun violence and to implore adults to restrict guns, seeming to forecast a generational shift in attitudes toward the Second Amendment. But at high school and college gun ranges around the country, these teens and young adults gather to practice shooting and talk about […]

April 8, 2018

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Direct Engagement With Trump, GOP Pays Off for HBCUs

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s decision not to resist – but instead engage in a strategic way and bipartisan fashion on behalf of our nearly 300,000 HBCU students who need a voice in Congress and with the Trump administration – has borne fruit at many levels.

April 8, 2018

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Howard University Students End Sit-In Protest

WASHINGTON — The occupation of a university administration building in Washington, D.C. by students making demands to school officials has ended. News outlets report Howard University students and officials announced Friday afternoon a deal ending the protest that began March 29. Parts of the agreement include students will be involved in reviewing the adequacy of […]

April 8, 2018

Shaw University Hosts Memorial Service, Luncheon for President Emeritus

Shaw University will host a memorial service and luncheon April 14 to celebrate Dr. Talbert O. Shaw, the university’s 12th president. Shaw, who later became president emeritus and died in January, is credited with leading the university through difficult financial times and restoring its reputation. He became president in 1987, when the university’s finances were […]

April 8, 2018

A Fresh Start

I always talked about joining the Air National Guard in high school, but education was so engrained in me growing up that I didn’t think twice about college when the time came. I packed up, headed for the University of Illinois at Springfield and quickly learned that it was going to be very difficult to […]

April 6, 2018

Key Spouses Offer Support at Air Force Base

When Jennifer Brown’s family was based at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, she found a program that helps spouses connect to the base. “The commander at Minot Air Force Base took me under her wing, brought me to the meeting, and showed me what the program was all about,” Brown said. And for […]

April 6, 2018

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Kansas Governor Signs Tuition Aid Bill for National Guard

Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer says a bill he signed into law today is an investment in those who serve. At a ceremony in Topeka, Colyer signed a bill adjusting the state’s college tuition assistance program for active National Guard members. The bill is designed to allow soldiers in the Guard to earn up to 15 […]

April 6, 2018