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Coronavirus surging in the North of England because of ‘deprivation and students’

The great lockdown divide? Covid surges in the North’s university and factory towns which have more deprived multi-generational households, cooler temperatures and ‘came out of lockdown too early’ Experts say multiple factors likely driving rise in coronavirus infections in northern parts of England Among them could be worse-paid jobs, large households, student populations and colder… Read More »

University of Missouri expels two students, suspends three for violating coronavirus rules

University of Missouri, Columbia Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images The University of Missouri has expelled two students and suspended three for “willful and knowing actions” that violated the school’s coronavirus rules, threatening campus safety, according to an  official. Bill Stackman, the university’s vice chancellor for student affairs, said in a letter to students and staff Tuesday that… Read More »

CDC guidelines for schools reopening puts heavy emphasis on having students back in classroom

A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Edward R. Roybal campus in Atlanta, Georgia on April 23, 2020. Tami Chappell | AFP | Getty Images With some school districts just weeks away from the start of the academic year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released long-awaited guidelines for reopening with a… Read More »

‘Wear a mask’: Uni students in lockdown

A number of international students have been placed in quarantine on campus at the University of Sydney in a bid to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Under new government guidelines students who have recently returned from China’s Hubei Province, the epicentre of the virus, must self-isolate for 14 days from their date of departure.… Read More »

Ironically, our first assigned patient encounter as medical students would be a corpse

“Death comes for all of us. It is our fate as living, breathing, metabolizing organisms. Dealing with the fact of death is unsettling. Yet there is no other way to live.”– Paul Kalanithi, MD Recently, first-year students of the medical and physician’s assistant classes completed their seventh and final practical exam in clinical anatomy. Through… Read More »