Health Care October 2019

Texas A&M System Bans E-cigarettes

Texas A&M University has banned e-cigarettes from its campuses, including the flagship one in College Station and Tarleton State University and Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Health Care October 2019

IU Med School Getting $36M

Indiana University is receiving $36 million for their medical school over a five-year period for their research into promising treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

Health Care October 2019

Colleges Got $60M-Plus From Sacklers

Financial records show that universities both nationally and internationally have accepted at least $60 million from the Sackler family over the past five years.

Health Care October 2019

Johnson & Johnson Opioid Settlement

Cuyahoga and Summit counties in Ohio and Johnson & Johnson have reached a settlement over opioids. The agreement is worth more than $20 million.

Health Care October 2019

Veterans Clinic Planned For UMass

A new 53,000-square foot veterans outpatient clinic is planned to open in 2021 on the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s campus.

Health Care October 2019

Dartmouth, Company To Share $4.7M

Funds from the National Institutes of Health are going to be shared by Dartmouth College and Q2i, a health care technology company, to improve the treatment of opioid addiction.

Health Care September 2019

Health Officials: Don’t Delay Flu Shot

Health officials are recommending not delaying getting your flu shot. Specialists have fine-tuned the vaccine’s recipe, which they hope will better counter a nasty strain.

Health Care September 2019

Health Care And Physician Burnout

In her KevinMD.com article “To extinguish burnout, bring back physician autonomy,” Christina Dewey, M.D., argues that the health care system is a major factor in physician burnout.

Health Care September 2019

UMD Gets $200M Contract For Flu Research

UMD has gotten a $200 million contract for research that will be aimed at testing flu vaccines. The money is coming from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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“Failure Is A Detour”

Pensa Helps Create Medical Student Support Group

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Health Simplified And Expanded Back To School

As has become customary in late August and early September, social media feeds are filled with “first day of school” pictures.

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Dr. Marlene Jacqueline Wüst-Smith

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Revamped OxyContin And Drug Abuse

New Version Was Supposed to Reduce Abuse, But Has It? Editor’s Note: As new details emerge about the opioid epidemic, experts are asking if the reformulated version of OxyContin reduces drug abuse as it was supposed to do.