Recent News
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Researchers investigate the environment’s role in brain health
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
It’s common knowledge that our surroundings affect our health — decades of research have linked things like air, water and soil quality to various measures of physical well-being. But much less is known about how the environment changes our brain. Now, a research team at the Keck School of Medicine... Read More »
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Caregivers struggle with barriers to getting COVID vaccines for elderly immigrant parents
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
As COVID vaccines roll out all over Los Angeles County, people who care for their elderly immigrant relatives are navigating barriers to getting them inoculated. Language, culture and technology all can keep people in the highest-risk groups for COVID-19 from getting their vaccines, USC experts say. Barriers include teaching seniors... Read More »
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Keck School professor made international public health his life’s work
Monday, March 1, 2021
At the height of the materialistic ’80s, when most of his classmates in medical school were shooting for brass ring specialties like orthopaedics and ophthalmology, Jeffrey Klausner was ready to call it quits. A year at a new AIDS research center in Zaire changed his mind. Studying the spread of... Read More »
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Broad Clinical Fellows take a stem cell-based approach to liver disease and bone loss
Monday, March 1, 2021
This year’s Broad Clinical Research Fellows are developing stem cell-based approaches for patients of all ages — from two-week-old infants with liver disease, to senior citizens with bone loss following joint replacement surgeries. Since 2015, the Broad Clinical Research Fellowships have enabled physician-scientists at USC, UCLA and the University of... Read More »
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Felicia Ann Schenkel Memorial Lectureship honors a dedicated caregiver
Thursday, February 25, 2021
The Department of Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has established a lectureship to honor the memory of Felicia Ann Schenkel, MSN, NP, a beloved member of the USC community who worked at Keck Medicine of USC for 28 years and who died on Jan. 22. Schenkel... Read More »
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Op-Ed: Much more COVID-19 vaccine is on the way. L.A. County should rethink its distribution
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Felipe Osorno is executive administrator of Continuum of Care Operations and Value Improvement at Keck Medicine of USC. He recently shared his perspective on vaccine distribution in an op-ed that was published by the Los Angeles Times and here on HSC News. While Los Angeles may be breathing easier with... Read More »
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Eating disorders expert answers your questions
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Contrary to what many may think, eating disorders are not just about food or dieting. Eating disorders are bio-psycho-social diseases that affect people of all genders and include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. During Eating Disorders Awareness Week (Feb. 22-27), look at the numbers: 1 out of every... Read More »
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Mobile dental clinic keeps kids smiling through the pandemic
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
The pain was unbearable. The headaches were relentless. When Mahogany Jones complained of a toothache to her mother, Kamika, their options for care were limited. The COVID-19 pandemic had disrupted dental care, which meant low- and no-cost services were especially hard to find. Teresa Funez also bore the burden of... Read More »
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USC tackles vaccination inequities with community COVID-19 vaccine clinic
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Keck Medicine of USC nurses and USC School of Pharmacy students vaccinated more than 400 people from the Eastside of Los Angeles on Feb. 20 to help counter disparities in COVID-19 inoculation. Even though 43% percent of white and 39% of Asian American seniors have received at least one dose of the vaccine,... Read More »