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Reviews | An affirmative action ban would be devastating to patient care

A ban on affirmative action will have devastating effects on patient care. Diversity isn’t just a “nice” thing to have. In just 20 years, the combined minority population is expected to become the majority in the United States. Yet today, black, Hispanic, and Native American groups remain vastly underrepresented in medicine relative to their proportions …

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Health Care – Democrats demand action from DOJ on anti-trans threats

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🦃 President Biden pardoned two turkeys today as part of the annual Thanksgiving tradition. Chocolate and Chip will live at North Carolina State University and hopefully never have to hear corny jokes at their expense again. On today’s health news, House Democrats denounced anti-trans threats that have been made against children’s hospitals and called on …

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Doctors fear harm to patients more than legal action over medical error, study finds

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November 21, 2022 2 minute read Source/Disclosures Disclosures: Ostrovsky reports receiving a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. ADD A SUBJECT TO EMAIL ALERTS Receive an email when new articles are published on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are published on . ” data-action=subscribe> Subscribe …

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Pray for our deceased homeless neighbors and take action to help the living

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“We live in one of the wealthiest cities in the country, but in King County…[we have] homeless people… unnoticed, unattended, unmourned. May we not rest in peace until this becomes more and more of our problem. Those words, spoken by Father Michael G. Ryan, pastor of St. James Cathedral, continue to resonate with me. St. …

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ANZ, CBA and Westpac to pay $126 million to settle unwanted insurance class action lawsuit

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has also targeted unwanted consumer credit insurance in a series of reports and then regulatory action, resulting in the payment of an additional $270 million in reparations across the sector. . ASIC has filed a lawsuit against Westpac over certain ICC policies, with the Federal Court issuing findings against …

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A case for affirmative action – The Tufts Daily

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On October 31, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments from the lawsuits against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which are being sued over the legality of affirmative action. A Supreme Court ruling that affirmative action is unconstitutional would prevent institutions like Tufts from cultivating diversity within their student body. …

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AAMC Board Chair Kirk A. Calhoun, MD, and AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, discuss challenges facing academic medicine during the leadership plenary Nov. 13 at Learn Serve Lead 2022.

AAMC Leaders: Unprecedented times call for concerted action to improve health for all

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AAMC President and CEO, David J. Skorton, MD, and AAMC Chairman of the Board, Kirk A. Calhoun, MD, challenged school physicians and scientists of Medicine and American Teaching Hospitals on November 13 to work collectively to improve the health and mental well-being of their colleagues. and communities. Nearly three years after the COVID-19 pandemic caused …

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