Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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What are COVID-19 Variants and How Can You Stay Safe as they Spread? A Doctor Answers 5 Questions
AUGUST 10, 2021 - With the delta variant making up over 93% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. at the end of July 2021, questions arise about how to stay protected against evolving forms of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Here, pediatrician and infectious disease specialist Dr. Lilly Cheng Immergluck of Morehouse School of Medicine answers some common questions about variants and what you can do to best protect yourself.
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Novartis Pledges 10-year Commitment with MSM, 26 HBCUs, Medical Schools, and Leading Orgs to Create Solutions for Health Equity
JULY 20, 2021 - Novartis and the Novartis US Foundation to join forces with Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Morehouse School of Medicine, 26 other Historically Black Colleges, Universities and Medical Schools and others to address root causes of disparities in health and education
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Lasker Foundation Announces Winners of Annual Essay Contest, Recognizing Next Generation of Science Communicators
JULY 13, 2021 - Morehouse School of Medicine student, Banafsheh Nazari, pins winning essay on the role of technology in healthcare.
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MSM's Center for Maternal Health Equity Studies Causes of Health Inequity Among Pregnant Black Women
JULY 1, 2021 - Research explores Maternal Near Misses, a condition that occurs when a woman nearly dies but survives from a complication occurring during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy
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Satcher Health Leadership Institute at MSM Launches Groundbreaking Health Equity Tracker
JUNE 30, 2021 - The Health Equity Tracker aims to give a detailed view of health outcomes by race, ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, and other critical factors.
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Goldman Sachs' One Million Black Women Initiative Awards Grant to MSM's Center for Maternal Health Equity
JUNE 1, 2021 - The funds will help underwrite work to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.
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Health Technology Startup Development Resources Still Available to MSM Faculty
MAY 24, 2021 - Georgia Institute of Technology and Morehouse School of Medicine initiative first introduced in 2019 to support research commercialization efforts; new office hours available.
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Trulieve Collaborates with MSM on Cannabis Research and Education
MARCH 12, 2021 - Partnership an initial step toward development of personalized medical cannabis treatment
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Governor Meets with MSM Officials on Vaccine Efforts
FEBRUARY 16, 2021 - Feb. 10, 2021 -- Morehouse School of Medicine welcomed Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, State Public Health Commissioner Katherine Toomey, MD, and other state and local officials to campus for a roundtable on vaccine hesitancy and equity among minority communities across the state.