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• 62 years later: Emory apologizes to medical school applicant rejected because he was Black - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  17-06-2021 23:45
  62 years later: Emory apologizes to medical school applicant rejected because he was Black  Atlanta Journal Constitution
  
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• Upstate Medical nurses get pay raises for going ‘above and beyond’ during pandemic - syracuse.com

  17-06-2021 23:37
  
  Upstate Medical nurses get pay raises for going ‘above and beyond’ during pandemic  syracuse.com
  
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• Waterloo PD responds to calls for Chief Fitzgerald's resignation, cites family medical reasons for absences - kwwl.com

  17-06-2021 23:31
  
  Waterloo PD responds to calls for Chief Fitzgerald's resignation, cites family medical reasons for absences  kwwl.com
  
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• Report: During pandemic, Wisconsin hospital sought $3 million from patients in medical debt litigation - WTMJ-TV

  17-06-2021 23:22
  
  Report: During pandemic, Wisconsin hospital sought $3 million from patients in medical debt litigation  WTMJ-TV
  
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• LSU medical school chancellor in Shreveport steps down the day after being reinstated - The Advocate

  17-06-2021 22:36
  LSU medical school chancellor in Shreveport steps down the day after being reinstated  The Advocate
  
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• Man fleeing police triggers lockdown at Sycamore Medical Center - WDTN.com

  17-06-2021 22:11
  Man fleeing police triggers lockdown at Sycamore Medical Center  WDTN.com
  
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• Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation and Palisades Medical Center Foundation to Host Annual Golf Outing on June 28 - In the News, Network News, Press Releases, Press Releases - Hackensack Meridian Health

  17-06-2021 21:52
  Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation and Palisades Medical Center Foundation to Host Annual Golf Outing on June 28 - In the News, Network News, Press Releases, Press Releases  Hackensack Meridian Health
  
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• State launches medical cannabis program website - Rapid City Journal

  17-06-2021 21:34
  State launches medical cannabis program website  Rapid City Journal
  
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• Remanufacturing of Medical Devices - Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff - FDA.gov

  17-06-2021 21:17
  
  Remanufacturing of Medical Devices - Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff  FDA.gov
  
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• Galapagos Art Space founder pays off $2.7 million in medical debt in Wayne County - Crain's Detroit Business

  17-06-2021 20:42
  
  Galapagos Art Space founder pays off $2.7 million in medical debt in Wayne County  Crain's Detroit Business
  
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• Stormont Vail breaks ground on $38 million medical campus in Manhattan - Manhattan Mercury

  17-06-2021 20:00
  
  Stormont Vail breaks ground on $38 million medical campus in Manhattan  Manhattan Mercury
  
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• Let PCPs Guide Post-COVID Care, CDC Staff Urges

  17-06-2021 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- When it comes to diagnosing post-COVID conditions (or so-called long COVID), Michael Saag, MD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, referred to the first line of an old Buffalo Springfield song in a call with clinicians...
  
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• Hershey Medical Center first in PA to use new device to transport donor hearts | Penn State University - Penn State News

  17-06-2021 19:52
  
  Hershey Medical Center first in PA to use new device to transport donor hearts | Penn State University  Penn State News
  
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• Defense Health Care: Actions Needed to Define and Sustain Wartime Medical Skills for Enlisted Personnel - Government Accountability Office

  17-06-2021 19:50
  
  Defense Health Care: Actions Needed to Define and Sustain Wartime Medical Skills for Enlisted Personnel  Government Accountability Office
  
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• FDA In Brief: FDA Announces Qualification of a Medical Device Development Tool to Help Assess Patient- Reported Outcomes with LASIK Surgery | FDA - FDA.gov

  17-06-2021 19:30
  
  FDA In Brief: FDA Announces Qualification of a Medical Device Development Tool to Help Assess Patient- Reported Outcomes with LASIK Surgery | FDA  FDA.gov
  
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• AMA Debates Value of Natural Immunity to COVID

  17-06-2021 19:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- During the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates annual meeting, members debated whether natural immunity or previous infection with SARS-CoV-2 was sufficient for the merit of immunity credentials.
  Gregory Pinto...
  
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• Hopeful Dads Can Relax About COVID Vax: No Link to Infertility

  17-06-2021 19:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Researchers of a recent study looking at whether the authorized COVID-19 vaccines harm male fertility were deluged with hundreds of emails from freaked-out men and their worried partners leading up to publication. Now, the findings...
  
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• Physicians call for clarity on IMG credentialing, licensure - American Medical Association

  17-06-2021 18:17
  
  Physicians call for clarity on IMG credentialing, licensure  American Medical Association
  
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• Reimagining Health Equity in Genetic Testing

  17-06-2021 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- In summer 2020, some clinical genetic testing companies were motivated by the glaring racial, social, and medical unrest and inequities to lend their support for Black and Brown communities. Businesses took a stance with public...
  
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• Novel ALS Risk Gene Identified

  17-06-2021 17:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Variants in the TP73 gene correlated with risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), suggesting a novel role for apoptosis in ALS pathology.
  "Our data suggest that TP73 is a novel ALS risk gene and that apoptosis in motor...
  
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• NLM Associate Fellows 2021-2022

  17-06-2021 17:04 via nlm.nih.gov
  The National Library of Medicine (NLM), a leader in research in biomedical informatics and data science, and the world's largest biomedical library, is pleased to announce our 2021-2022 class of Associate Fellows.
  
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• COVID Led to Higher Clot Risk in Veterans With IBD

  17-06-2021 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Older men with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) had a higher chance of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) after contracting COVID-19, researchers found in a case crossover study of veterans.
  For IBD patients in the VA health...
  
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• Clinical Challenge: Hematologic Malignancy and COVID-19

  17-06-2021 16:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose a threat to global health and well-being, physicians treating patients with cancer, particularly those with hematologic malignancies, must address the additional challenges posed by...
  
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• First Close Look at Presumed Myocarditis Cases After COVID Vaccination

  17-06-2021 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Detailed records showed that people diagnosed with myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination tended to be men, and all were able to recover after a few days in the hospital.
  Health officials around the globe are investigating the...
  
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• Is Old Vaccine Technology the Key to Hesitancy?

  17-06-2021 15:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine candidate could be the first authorized or approved in the U.S. to rely on a "tried and true" method for immunizing people against coronavirus.
  This purified protein, or protein subunit, vaccine strategy...
  
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• New Bladder-Sparing Approaches Emerge at ASCO 2021

  17-06-2021 15:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Matthew Galsky, MD, of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, highlights data he presented at the 2021 virtual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting...
  
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• Convalescent Plasma Tied to Reduced COVID Mortality in Blood Cancer Patients

  17-06-2021 14:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Patients with hematologic cancers who were hospitalized for COVID-19 had improved survival odds if they underwent convalescent plasma therapy, according to the results of a retrospective cohort study.
  After adjustment for potential...
  
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• Clinical Challenge: Risk of Tumor Lysis Syndrome With Venetoclax in CLL

  17-06-2021 14:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Venetoclax (Venclexta), a potent oral BCL2 inhibitor, is increasingly being used for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). However, its efficacy at inducing apoptosis in CLL cells increases the risk...
  
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• SCOTUS Dismisses Threat to Obamacare Once More

  17-06-2021 13:09 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The U.S. Supreme Court batted down a lawsuit led by several Republican states and the former Trump administration that challenged the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), upholding the law for a third time.
  In...
  
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• COVID Vaccine Flops; Heat Wave Threatens West; Hand Sanitizer Vapor Warning

  17-06-2021 11:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
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  Participation award for developing a COVID-19 vaccine candidate goes to CureVac--the German company announced interim trial results and suggested variants were...
  
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• Decatur Fire Department responds to medical call at Venetian Pools - Decaturish.com

  17-06-2021 09:00
  
  Decatur Fire Department responds to medical call at Venetian Pools  Decaturish.com
  
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• Why are Olympics going on despite medical warnings and public outcry? - 10TV

  17-06-2021 07:23
  
  Why are Olympics going on despite medical warnings and public outcry?  10TV
  
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• Sequana Medical to Host a Key Opinion Leader Webinar on - GlobeNewswire

  17-06-2021 07:00
  
  Sequana Medical to Host a Key Opinion Leader Webinar on  GlobeNewswire
  
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• Medical Committee of the Texas Radiation Advisory Board (TRAB) Agenda - Texas Health and Human Services |

  17-06-2021 06:44
  Medical Committee of the Texas Radiation Advisory Board (TRAB) Agenda  Texas Health and Human Services |
  
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• Disposable medical gloves Market to generate $8.44 Billion by 2025, States the Report by Allied Market Research - Yahoo Finance

  17-06-2021 06:37
  
  Disposable medical gloves Market to generate $8.44 Billion by 2025, States the Report by Allied Market Research  Yahoo Finance
  
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• Why are Olympics going on despite public, medical warnings? - WVNS-TV

  17-06-2021 06:30
  Why are Olympics going on despite public, medical warnings?  WVNS-TV
  
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• Why are Olympics going on despite public, medical warnings? - The Associated Press

  17-06-2021 06:26
  
  Why are Olympics going on despite public, medical warnings?  The Associated Press
  
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• 'We Are All Medical Students': AB Baker Award Winner José... : Neurology Today - LWW Journals

  17-06-2021 06:05
  
  'We Are All Medical Students': AB Baker Award Winner José... : Neurology Today  LWW Journals
  
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• Fundraisers created for Albertville shooting victim funeral expenses, medical bills - WHNT News 19

  17-06-2021 05:31
  Fundraisers created for Albertville shooting victim funeral expenses, medical bills  WHNT News 19
  
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• Congratulations! | East Tennessee 19-year-old headed to medical school - WBIR.com

  17-06-2021 03:41
  
  Congratulations! | East Tennessee 19-year-old headed to medical school  WBIR.com
  
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• Medical emergency causes car to hit house in Cedar Rapids - KCRG

  17-06-2021 03:13
  
  Medical emergency causes car to hit house in Cedar Rapids  KCRG
  
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• Opinion: The case for vaccination is overwhelming. Anti-vaxxers are ignoring medical science. - The San Diego Union-Tribune

  17-06-2021 03:08
  
  Opinion: The case for vaccination is overwhelming. Anti-vaxxers are ignoring medical science.  The San Diego Union-Tribune
  
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• New prostate enlargement procedure at Mesa medical center offers relief, less side effects - FOX 10 News Phoenix

  17-06-2021 03:03
  
  New prostate enlargement procedure at Mesa medical center offers relief, less side effects  FOX 10 News Phoenix
  
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• Sacramento Kings Announce Former Arena Site Will Become New Medical Center - Capital Public Radio News

  17-06-2021 02:21
  Sacramento Kings Announce Former Arena Site Will Become New Medical Center  Capital Public Radio News
  
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• One in Six Families Face Over $5K in Out-of-Pocket Childbirth Costs

  17-06-2021 02:15 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- After his second daughter was born, Kao-Ping Chua, MD, PhD, was hit with a big surprise--a medical bill for $5,000.
  Chua, a pediatrician and health services researcher at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, switched...
  
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• More options have been added to Medical Marijuana dispensaries - KSNF/KODE - FourStatesHomepage.com

  17-06-2021 02:15
  More options have been added to Medical Marijuana dispensaries  KSNF/KODE - FourStatesHomepage.com
  
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• BPS: Remote learning available in fall only to students with medical exemptions - Buffalo News

  17-06-2021 02:08
  
  BPS: Remote learning available in fall only to students with medical exemptions  Buffalo News
  
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• Belarus: Medical workers witnessing painful human toll of reprisals, paying high personal price - Amnesty International

  17-06-2021 02:05
  
  Belarus: Medical workers witnessing painful human toll of reprisals, paying high personal price  Amnesty International
  
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• House fire in Medical Lake closes lanes of SR 902 - KREM.com

  17-06-2021 02:01
  
  House fire in Medical Lake closes lanes of SR 902  KREM.com
  
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• UCHealth doctor organizes medical supply drive for India; donations allow him to ship 12 boxes - The Denver Channel

  17-06-2021 01:49
  
  UCHealth doctor organizes medical supply drive for India; donations allow him to ship 12 boxes  The Denver Channel
  
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