Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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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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Morehouse Healthcare Receives Award from Federal Communications Commission to Expand Telehealth Services
FEBRUARY 21, 2022 - As demand skyrockets, new funding allows Morehouse Healthcare Telemedicine to purchase additional remote patient health monitoring equipment and software.
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Amerigroup Grants MSM $1.725 Million to Support Narrowing the Maternal Health Inequity Gap
FEBRUARY 21, 2022 - Program will support more than 127,000 pregnant and parenting Black women and their families across Georgia.
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MSM Receives Nearly $9.7 Million Grant from HHS to Build COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence
FEBRUARY 15, 2022 - HealthWorks program aims to increase COVID-19 vaccine rates through targeted, culturally competent outreach efforts in Georgia and Tennessee.
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MSM and UGA Win NIH Grant to Study Environmental Health in Underrepresented Communities
FEBRUARY 9, 2022 - Frontiers in Environmental Science and Health (FrESH) program to train and mentor researchers and healthcare professionals
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MSM Partners with the City of East Point, Georgia to Advance Health Equity Through Policy
FEBRUARY 8, 2022 - Health experts, policy makers, and community organizations partner to address policies that perpetuate health disparities