Health Care February 2019

LSU Given $11.5M Grant

LSU’s vet school is receiving a $11.5 million federal grant, which the university will be using to start a center to help human beings prevent and treat lung disease.

Health Care February 2019

SIU Opens Clinic For Foster Kids

SIU’s Center for Family Medicine has opened a clinic specifically for foster children that offers a variety of services including mental health resources and checkups.

Health Care January 2019

Rutgers Addresses Health Disparities

Rutgers U. is making educating competent Spanish-speaking health professionals in Camden a priority. In a round table discussion eight students spoke about health disparities.

Health Care December 2018

US Navy Hospital Ship Treats Migrants

While docked off Colombia’s coast near Venezuela, the USNS Comfort has taken aboard hundreds of Colombian and Venezuelan patients.

Health Care November 2018

NFL Awards University In NC $14.7M Grant

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was awarded a $14.7 million grant from the NFL to examine 20-year neurologic health outcomes in former NFL players.

Health Care November 2018

Medical University To Buy 4 Hospitals

Via a unanimous vote by the board, the Medical University of South Carolina is moving forward on buying four hospitals all of which are owned by Community Health Systems.

Health Care November 2018

Is There a Doctor in the House?

The age of the singular general practitioner is quickly coming to an end. For better or worse seeing a doctor these days means seeing a medical group, not an individual physician.

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Mary Ann Cooper

Health Care November 2018

Loyola U To Honor Pediatrician Practicing In Peru

Loyola University New Orleans is awarding its Integritas Vitae Award to physician and teacher Dr. Anthony Lazzara who left his tenured faculty position at Emory University School of Medicine to practice at a home for destitute ill children near Lima, Peru.

Health Care November 2018

Rutgers Receives $4.2M Federal Grant

The Rutgers School of Health Professions has just received a $4.2 million federal grant. In conjunction with a new effort by the U.S. Department Health and Human Services to improve mental health services nationwide, the grant will train mental health practitioners.

Health Care November 2018

MU Researchers Study Cat Genomes To Treat Human Allergies

Researchers at the University of Missouri in Columbia are studying the genomes of cats to better understand a host of human diseases and ailments, including human allergies. Humans and cats share many common diseases such as asthma, obesity, allergies and diabetes.

Health Care October 2018

Thousands Strike University Of California Hospitals

Thousands of medical workers of the University of California have begun a strike slated to last for three days. The strike is against clinics, hospitals and campuses and has lead to the rescheduling of thousands of outpatient appointments and surgeries.

Health Care October 2018

Couple Pledge $1M To Cancer Research At University

The University of Toledo is going to be expanding its pancreatic cancer research thanks to a $1 million gift from, Hal and Susan Fetterman, a couple from Ohio. The money is setting up the UTMC Pancreatic Cancer Research Innovation Fund and honors Hal Fetterman's sister, Joyce Schwyn, and three friends all of whom died from pancreatic cancer.