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Viral Networks: An Advanced Workshop in Digital Humanities and Medical History
Join the National Library of Medicine, supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through a grant to Virginia Tech, for this exciting opportunity! On January 29-30, 2018, NLM will host Viral Networks: An Advanced Workshop in Digital Humanities and Medical History, bringing together scholars from various fields of medical history whose innovative research shows promise through the use of methods, tools, and data from the digital humanities.
Viral Networks will combine a face-to-face workshop with structured virtual-editing activities to produce and advance the innovative scholarship of the participants, a...
Source: NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region Blog - September 11, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Hannah Sinemus Tags: Data Science Education News from NLM/NIH Technology Source Type: news
Nippon Foundation Announces US$ 2m Support for the Education of Rohingya Children in Bangladesh
Chairman of The Nippon Foundation Yohei Sasakawa and BRAC Executive Director Asif Saleh announcing $2 million partnership. Credit: Rafiqul Islam / IPSBy Rafiqul IslamDHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 11 2019 (IPS) In the light of limited access to education for displaced Rohingya children, the Nippon Foundation has announced US$ 2 million support to BRAC to launch a project to ensure educational facilities to both Rohingya and local community children.
The Nippon Foundation made the announcement at a press conference at the BRAC Centre in Dhaka, which was attended by Nippon Foundation chairman Yohei Sasakawa and BRAC Executive Direc...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rafiqul Islam Tags: Asia-Pacific Conferences Development & Aid Education Featured Headlines Health Human Rights Migration & Refugees Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations National Leprosy Conference - Dhaka 2019 Source Type: news
5 Ways to Defend Science in 2018
There’s been incredible progress in science in recent years, from driverless cars to genetic editing, but the scientific community has also faced significant obstacles recently. From the withdrawal of federal funding for epidemic response and research to the decision by the United States to leave the Paris Agreement on climate change, scientists are faced with the question of how to stand up for their field and counter the naysayers. At the Fortune Brainstorm Health conference on Monday in Laguna Niguel, Calif., top leaders in the field offered solutions for how to defend science and increase its appeal to everyday p...
Source: TIME: Health - March 20, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alexandra Sifferlin Tags: Uncategorized brainstorm health defend science Fortune Brainstorm Health healthytime Lloyd Minor Margaret Hamburg science communication science education Susan Desmond-Hellmann Source Type: news
National Medical Librarians Month
The Medical Library Association (MLA) has declared October as National Medical Librarians Month (NMLM). The 2013 NMLM theme, “Saving You Time So You Can Save Lives,” helps to promote the fact that medical librarians’ knowledge of resources, search skills, and response time ensures that medical professionals receive the highest quality health information available. As part of this celebration, the NN/LM SCR is proud to highlight the following SCR funded projects and the librarians whose hard work made these programs successful.
School Health Connection: A Health Information Needs Assessment of School Nurs...
Source: Network News - October 4, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Michelle Malizia Tags: General (all entries) Grants and Funding Medical Librarians Month Source Type: news
APA Applauds Mental Health Provisions in Federal End-of-Year Spending Package
APA today responded to the Congressional passage of the fiscal year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill (HR 2617 – Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023). The bill includes funding for workforce equity, collaborative care, telehealth, and other measures that APA supports.“As families around the nation continue to contend with the adverse impacts of the pandemic, a crisis in child and adolescent mental health, a high rate of suicide, and the opioid epidemic, it is heartening to see Congress forge a bipartisan agreement and invest in policies that that are proven to help,” APA said in astatement.The fiscal year 2023 Omnib...
Source: Psychiatr News - December 23, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill collaborative care model health equity HR 2617 Medicare mental health parity Minority Fellowship Program samhsa telehealth workforce equity Source Type: research
Board #204 - Program Innovation Interprofessional Collaboration for Oral Health Education (Submission #8486).
Conclusion: Program goals were achieved at Kirkpatrick Steps 1 One and Two, based on formal online course evaluation responses. Faculty observations supported beginning stages of applying team-based skills were present, though behavior changes were difficult to quantify at the end of only 15 weeks of coursework. Preliminary post-participation data indicate there was an improved understanding and appreciation of what each profession brings to meeting the health care needs of patients. Practicing the use of technology at the point of care found students to be extremely creative in their implementation. This joint effort amon...
Source: Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare - December 1, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Abstracts: PDF Only Source Type: research
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Source: NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region Blog - September 14, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Hannah Sinemus Tags: Weekly Postings Source Type: news
Two Decades of Enhancing Children ’s Environmental Health Protection at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Building on two decades of experience, the U.S. EPA continues to focus its efforts in three principal areas—science to better understand early-life susceptibility, consideration of children in environmental regulations, and outreach to inform health care providers and the public.
Much of the U.S. EPA’s work during the past 20 years to protect children from environmental hazards can be considered primary prevention. These are actions and measures at the population level that minimize hazards to health and that inhibit the emergence and establishment of factors known to increase the risk of disease. For exampl...
Source: EHP Research - December 1, 2016 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Web Admin Tags: Perspectives Brief Communications Children's Health December 2016 Source Type: research
Adapt Pharma to Offer All U.S. High Schools a Free Narcan Nasal Spray
Dublin, Ireland -- January 25, 2016 -- Adapt Pharma, Limited (“Adapt Pharma”) today announced two national programs at the Clinton Health Matters Initiative Activation Summit to assist in efforts to address the growing risk of opioid overdose among American high-school students. First, Adapt Pharma will offer a free carton of NARCAN® (naloxone hydrochloride) Nasal Spray to all high schools in the United States through the state departments of education. This program will collaborate with the Clinton Health Matters Initiative, an initiative of the Clinton Foundation, as part of its work to sc...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - January 25, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Patient Care Source Type: news
APA Commends Bipartisan Budget Deal for Health, MH Provisions
Thebipartisan budget agreement passed last week by Congress wonpraise from APA for its inclusion of funding for many mental health, substance use, and criminal justice programs that will benefit millions of Americans living with serious mental and substance use disorders. APA had lobbied hard on many of these issues for months leading up to the vote.Among the major provisions of the legislation is an extension of the Children ’s Health Insurance Program through 2028, marking the longest reauthorization in the program’s history. CHIP is a federal-state partnership that provides comprehensive health insurance coverage fo...
Source: Psychiatr News - February 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: bipartisan budget agreement of 2018 Children's Health Insurance Program opioid epidemic Saul Levin telehealth Source Type: research
Preparing for a dengue fever vaccine: why Brazil's ahead of the game
Six dengue vaccine candidates are in various stages of clinical development but developing countries will not receive the benefits if planning does not start nowDengue fever is now endemic in more that 125 countries. Six vaccines are currently in clinical development and policymakers and global health leaders need to be ready for when they come on the market.The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called dengue fever the fastest spreading vector-borne viral disease with "epidemic potential" and "staggering" consequences. In the past 50 years, the number of reported cases has increased 30-fold. While the WHO estimates that ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 27, 2014 Category: Science Tags: Guardian Professional Infectious diseases Malaria and infectious diseases Health Medical research Vietnam Microbiology Vaccines and immunisation Brazil Society Immunology Editorial Global development professionals network World H Source Type: news
How to Tackle the Femicide Epidemic
After suffering in a violent and abusive relationship, Layla went to the police, accompanied by a friend. Meanwhile, Covid-19 has exacerbated gender-based violence. Fighting patriarchal power structures and gender inequalities is essential in putting an end to it. Credit: UN Women/Mohammed BakirBy Jade LevellBRISTOL, UK, Nov 30 2021 (IPS) Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the increase in domestic violence rates has led the United Nations to declare a ‘shadow pandemic’ of gender-based violence. In the most brutal cases, the violence has led to murder – or ‘femicide’, as the World Health Organisation calls ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 30, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jade Levell Tags: Crime & Justice Education Featured Gender Violence Global Headlines Health Human Rights TerraViva United Nations Women's Health Source Type: news
Columbia awarded grant for opioid education and naloxone training on college campuses
(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Faculty at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University School of General Studies received a planning grant award for piloting Opioid Education and Naloxone Training on College Campuses. Principal investigators will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team across the Columbia campus, to establish a platform for disseminating and implementing innovative evidence-based practices and programs that address the opioid epidemic and provide naloxone training nationally.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 28, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Feds Now Pushing States Toward Medical Treatment For Heroin Addicts
WASHINGTON -- For the first time, the federal agency responsible for most public funding of drug addiction treatment has added language to its grant applications designed to push the treatment industry away from the abstinence model. Treatment for substance abuse disorders in the United States widely follows this model, which rests on the belief that abstaining from all drugs, including medications prescribed specifically for addiction, is the only acceptable route to recovery. The new grant language from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration encourages states to reject the status quo and to re...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Up To 7,000 Bodies Found Buried Beneath University Of Mississippi Medical Center
Researchers say they’ve discovered as many as 7,000 graves beneath the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s campus in Jackson.
The land was part of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum until it shut roughly 80 years ago, and experts say the find that was announced at the weekend potentially offers closure for families whose relatives vanished decades ago.
Research teams used ground-penetrating radar to painstakingly detect the suspected patients’ remains, buried in coffins, after uncovering 66 caskets in 2012, Dr. Molly Zuckerman, an associate anthropology professor at Mississippi State, told ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 11, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
