Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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AJC: Evolving COVID-19 Vaccines Race to Keep Up with Virus
APRIL 26, 2022 - In the quest to design a better COVID-19 vaccine, scientists are attempting to hit a moving target. Vaccine researchers are working to reformulate the existing vaccines to be effective against variants that have yet to emerge, while taking into account how quickly the coronavirus can mutate.
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MSM President and CEO Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice: COVID-19 Pandemic 'Shined a Light' on Failure to Address Racial Inequities in HealthCare
APRIL 26, 2022 - The COVID-19 pandemic "shined a light" on health care disparities that have persisted through centuries despite landmark policies aimed at addressing them, Morehouse School of Medicine President and CEO Valerie Montgomery Rice told Axios at an event Tuesday.
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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 Receives $25,000 from Wellpath in Honor of National Physicians' Week
APRIL 13, 2022 - MSM Clinical Faculty Members to Receive Individual Grants to Recognize Their Commitment to Patient Care and Health Equity.
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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 "Danforth Dialogues" Podcast Featuring Leadership Insights Learned in the Pandemic
APRIL 6, 2022 - First Episode Discusses Innovative COVID-19 Testing Protocol That Enabled MSM to Keep Overall On-Campus Virus Infection Rate at 1% For Past Two Years.
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Meghan Frost Joins More in Common Alliance as System Vice President, Philanthropy and Campaigns
APRIL 5, 2022 - ATLANTA and CHICAGO - APRIL 5, 2022 - The More in Common Alliance welcomed Meghan Frost as System Vice President, Philanthropy and Campaigns. She will lead fundraising efforts to support the More in Common Alliance, a historic partnership between Morehouse School of Medicine and CommonSpirit, aimed at addressing the underlying causes of health inequities, including lack of representation among care providers.
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MSM President & CEO Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice Featured on Atlanta Business Chronicle "On Leadership" Podcast
APRIL 5, 2022 - Morehouse School of Medicine President and CEO Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, FACOG, is featured in the latest episode of the Atlanta Business Chronicle's "On Leadership" podcast, hosted by Crystal Edmonson.
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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.