Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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HBCU Medical Schools to Tackle Organ Transplant Disparities
MAY 6, 2022 - A coalition including the four medical schools at the nation's historically Black colleges and universities has announced a new initiative aimed at increasing the number of Black Americans registered as organ donors and combating disparities among transplant recipients.
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Through Partnership with MSM, City of East Point, Georgia Selected to Join the City Health Dashboard
APRIL 27, 2022 - City of East Point is One of 29 US Cities with 4,000 to 50,000 Residents Chosen for Nationwide Data Project's Inaugural "Put Us on the Map Challenge"
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MSM hosts HBCU Mental Health Roundtable with Federal Health Officials
APRIL 27, 2022 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) partnered with the African American Behavioral Health-Center of Excellence (AABH-COE) at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia to host a roundtable event on the mental health of students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) on April 20, 2022 at Morehouse School of Medicine.
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AJC: Evolving COVID-19 Vaccines Race to Keep Up with Virus
APRIL 26, 2022 - In the quest to design a better COVID-19 vaccine, scientists are attempting to hit a moving target. Vaccine researchers are working to reformulate the existing vaccines to be effective against variants that have yet to emerge, while taking into account how quickly the coronavirus can mutate.
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MSM President and CEO Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice: COVID-19 Pandemic 'Shined a Light' on Failure to Address Racial Inequities in HealthCare
APRIL 26, 2022 - The COVID-19 pandemic "shined a light" on health care disparities that have persisted through centuries despite landmark policies aimed at addressing them, Morehouse School of Medicine President and CEO Valerie Montgomery Rice told Axios at an event Tuesday.
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Pediatricians Tackle a Growing Health Challenge for Children: Hunger
APRIL 26, 2022 - Morehouse Healthcare pediatrician Dr. Nicola Chin says doctors need to have hunger on their radar screen because food insecurity is a daily reality for many Metro Atlanta children.
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MSM Shares How They Kept Their COVID-19 Rate Under 1% on CBS46 News
APRIL 12, 2022 - ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) - Some parts of the country are seeing an increase in COVID-19 infections. Twenty-seven states are seeing a rise, but Georgia is not one of them at this time. Morehouse School of Medicine has been one of the leading examples of COVID safety and mitigation practices as it re-opened at the height of the pandemic. Morehouse School of Medicine has kept its COVID rate under 1% since the start of the pandemic.
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Experts Warn of Racial Disparities in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Long Covid
APRIL 6, 2022 - It has long been clear that Black Americans have experienced high rates of coronavirus infection, hospitalization, and death throughout the pandemic. But those factors are now leading experts to sound the alarm about what may come next: a prevalence of long Covid in the Black community and a lack of access to treatment.
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MSM Launches New Research Trial to Study COVID-19 Variant Vaccine Regimens
APRIL 4, 2022 - MSM is One of 24 Sites Across the U.S. Participating in the National Institutes of Health Clinical Trial.
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"The State of Black America and COVID-19" Details Health Care Inequities in Black Community During Pandemic
MARCH 29, 2022 - Black Coalition Against COVID (BCAC), Including Morehouse School of Medicine, Outlines How Existing Health Equity Problems Have Intensified
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