Tag Archives: School

Dr. Annelle Primm discusses mental health among Black students returning to school this fall

Loading the player… With schools around the country returning to in-person learning this week, Black students and other students of color face an amplified set of challenges navigating educational institutions with environments that can be harmful to their mental health. To gain insight into this multifaceted issue, theGrio sat down with Dr. Annelle Primm, a… Read More »

Harvard Medical School professor discusses future of psychedelics

Interest in psychedelics as therapeutics has risen in recent years, spurred by studies that have found that the once-maligned drugs used in conjunction with therapy can help in the treatment of psychiatric patients. Amid a rush to commercialize a suite of newly developed products, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has begun a new Center for the… Read More »

Melbourne school alert a false alarm

Staff and students at a Melbourne primary school who were told to self-isolate after a potential COVID-19 case visited the school have been told it was a false alarm. The Caulfield South Primary School community received a text on Friday night ordering them into isolation, after a close contact visited the school on Thursday and… Read More »

Harvard Medical School expert explains ‘long COVID’

As public health officials race to vaccinate Americans amid the rapid spread of viral variants, physicians and scientists are turning their attention to a growing population of those who seem locked into COVID-19’s misery months after the acute phase has passed. These so-called “COVID long-haulers” or sufferers of “long COVID” are those who continue to… Read More »