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  • Many U.S. Schools Are Unprepared for Another Pandemic

    Washington, DC, August 30, 2012 – Less than half of U.S. schools address pandemic preparedness in their school plan, and only 40 percent have updated their school plan since the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, according to a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association…

  • Your Blood Type Could Influence Your Risk for Heart Disease

    People with blood types A, B, or AB appear to have a higher risk for coronary heart disease when compared to those with blood type O, according to new research published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, a journal maintained by the American Heart Association— a national voluntary health agency that works to help reduce…

  • U.S. News Ranks VCU Medical Center No. 1 in State and Metro Area

    U.S. News and World Report’s Best Hospitals edition has ranked the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center the No. 1 hospital in Virginia and in the Richmond metropolitan area, reflecting four programs — nephrology, pulmonology, orthopaedic surgery and urology — in the top 50.   Specifically, the Division of Nephrology jumped from the No. 49 spot…

  • Appeals court rejects anti-gay graduate student’s bid for reversal of her expulsion

    Appeals court rejects anti-gay graduate student’s bid for reversal of her expulsion ATLANTA — The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a decision by a U.S. district judge who ruled Augusta State University may expel a graduate student who refused to comply with graduate degree program requirements citing her Christian beliefs that homosexuality…