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An HBCU Looks to Fill a Gap in Tennessee’s Rural Dental Care

An HBCU Looks to Fill a Gap in Tennessee’s Rural Dental Care, Health & Wellness /

As rural hospitals face declining reimbursement rates and worsening workforce shortages, Tennessee is among the states being hit the hardest. A recent report from the Physicians Advocacy Institute found that from 2019 to 2024, rural Tennessee lost 42% of its independent physicians and 44% of its independent medical practices. Meharry Medical College, a private, historically Black medical […]

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White House launches TrumpRx discounted drug site

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By Joe Walsh, Laura Doan The Trump administration launched its new TrumpRx prescription drug listing site late Thursday, part of a push by President Trump to offer lower direct-to-consumer drug prices. The president struck deals last year with more than a dozen drugmakers to list some of their medication on TrumpRx at steep discounts from list prices, with megacompanies

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ACA sign-ups fall as higher premiums push people off plans

ACA sign-ups fall as higher premiums push people off plans, Health & Wellness /

By Berkeley Lovelace Jr. As open enrollment for Affordable Care Act insurance comes to an end, people are moving to cheaper plans or dropping their coverage entirely, according to state and federal data. Last year, Congress failed to extend enhanced tax credits for Obamacare customers. The result was soaring monthly premiums across the U.S. “People are saying: ‘I just can’t make the math

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There Has Been Little Progress in Black Representation Among Physician Assistants in the U.S.

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The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) has released a new report regarding the status of different specialties within the physician assistant (PA) field, including the racial representation among PAs in each specialty. As of 2024, Black PAs represent just 3.9 percent of all PAs working in primary care settings in the United States, only

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Hopelab Names New HBCU Fellows for Black Youth Mental Health

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Hopelab has announced the selection of its second cohort of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Translational Science Fellows. The fellowship program focuses on advancing research aimed at improving the mental health and well-being of Black adolescents. This initiative seeks to bridge the gap between academic research and practical applications, with an emphasis on addressing

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Why the health care lobby failed to stop cuts to Medicaid funding

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By Phil Galewitz Doctors, hospitals, and health insurers for weeks issued dire warnings to Republican lawmakers that millions of people would lose health coverage and hospitals would close if they cut Medicaid funding to help pay for President Donald Trump’s big tax and spending bill. But Republicans ignored those pleas, made even deeper cuts, and

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Northern Light Health works with out-of-state providers to expand rural care

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By Brianna Bush  Northern Light Health is expanding access to rural health care by bringing out-of-state physician assistant students to Maine. In 2023, Northern Light Health launched a collaboration with the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, one of the country’s oldest historically Black colleges and universities. It’s all part of an initiative to give students

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Morehouse School of Medicine Physicians In Training Get Their First White Coats

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By Ariel Hart Morehouse School of Medicine convened Friday with an emotional white coat ceremony, the day when students become official doctors in training. The moment is symbolized by each student getting to put on a short version of the white coat that doctors wear. Among 332 students looking to be scientists, administrators, physician assistants

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