A rising number of graduate programs offered by the University of South Florida are considered among the best in America, according to 2023 rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report (U.S. News). USF features 13 graduate programs ranked in the top 50 among all public and private institutions, led by industrial and organizational psychology at No. 3, public health at No. 16, and the audiology and criminology programs...
Initially, scientists considered COVID-19 a respiratory condition, but they are slowly building up a clearer picture of the wide-ranging impacts of the disease.
Researchers have now shown that COVID-19 can affect many systems in the human body.
A recent study investigated the longer-term effects of COVID-19 in older adults.
It found that around one-third of older adults with COVID-19 went on to develop new...
The investment aims to fill a growing shortage of care providers and improve treatment in underserved communities throughout the United States
he University of Pennsylvania has received a $125 million gift to create a first-of-its-kind, tuition-free nurse practitioner program in Philadelphia that will recruit students to fill a growing shortage of primary care providers in the United States. The program will emphasize training a...
Build Back Better excludes career and technical institutions from Pell Grants, harming 900,000 students.
I always knew I was interested in nursing. To please my parents, I pursued a degree in business administration at Penn State but never finished. Instead, I worked in customer service and recruiting. The pandemic, for me, was a wake-up call. I watched Philadelphians opening their doors and windows to cheer for health-care workers...
Before Mary Venus was offered a nursing job at a hospital in Billings, Mont., she'd never heard of Billings or visited the United States. A native of the Philippines, she researched her prospective move via the internet, set aside her angst about the cold Montana winters and took the job, sight unseen.
Venus has been in Billings since mid-November, working in a surgical recovery unit at Billings Clinic, Montana's largest hospital in...
HUDSON, Ohio — America’s nurses are undoubtedly hailed the heartbeat of our nation right now and some of them say it is a heavy cross to carry.
“We’re doing the best we can,” said Cleveland Clinic nurse Tracey Kaser. “It’s very tiring, it’s very emotionally exhausting.”
According to a survey published by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, 92% of nurses who responded...
(CNN) The Omicron Covid-19 variant is now the most dominant strain in the US, accounting for over 73% of new coronavirus cases less than three weeks after the first was reported, according to estimates posted Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It's been just 20 days since the US detected its first case of Omicron .
For the week ending December 18, Omicron accounted for 73.2% of cases, with Delta...
The “disinformation doctors” are expanding, even as Congress and state medical boards scrutinize the operation and the group’s founder, Simone Gold.
AMERICA’S FRONTLINE DOCTORS, an organization that has been widely criticized for spreading false information about Covid-19 vaccines and advocating for potentially dangerous replacements, is expanding. According to a newsletter the group sent to its...
Float Theme “A Healthier Future” Celebrates Those Making a Difference Today and Tomorrow
Kaiser Permanente announced today its 2022 Rose Parade® float participants, which include Kaiser Permanente employees and front-line heroes that served our communities over the last 20 months during the pandemic. Millions of health care workers around the world have faced the challenge of providing care for patients with COVID-19,...
The challenges of balancing life responsibilities and school are sometimes cited as a barrier to higher education attainment.
Shannon McGuire sees that issue through a different lens.
“I look at my husband and my kids, and they stood by me through this whole journey,” said McGuire. “This was for me, but it was also for them. I needed them to know that we don’t give up and we push through. If you want...
MONDAY, Dec. 13, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- After four years in a Washington state prison for first-degree burglary, Chelsey Johnson learned she was eligible for a work-release program that would shave the final year off her sentence.
She was excited by the prospect, but also scared. Then 31, she had spent half her life either doing drugs or doing time.
"I knew I needed to make massive changes," Johnson said....
How do we deal with global vaccine inequity? Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty Images
People in wealthier countries are far more likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Some countries have committed funds to help resolve global vaccine inequity, but others have not.
A new paper proposes a solution: a sliding-scale tax to be built into the price of vaccines and collected by manufacturers.
As of December...