LSU picks new leader, naming system s first Black president
May 6, 2021
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Louisiana State University chose its new leader Thursday, naming William Tate as the university system s first Black president.
Tate, provost at the University of South Carolina, was the unanimous pick of the LSU Board of Supervisors after public in-person interviews with three finalists and 90 minutes of closed-door debate among board members. He ll start the job as LSU president overseeing multiple campuses and serving as chancellor of the flagship campus in Baton Rouge in July.
“We set about to find a great leader, and we found one,” said Robert Dampf, chairman of the LSU board.
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A higher intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in adulthood and adolescence was associated with an increased risk of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) in women, according to data from the Nurses Health Study II.
The prospective study followed 95,464 registered nurses from 1991 to 2015. Those consuming at least two SSB servings a day in adulthood had more than double the early-onset CRC risk of those consuming less than one serving a week (relative risk [RR] 2.18, 95% CI 1.10-4.35,
P trend=0.02), reported Yin Cao, ScD, MPH, of Washington University in St. Louis, and co-researchers.
Furthermore, the risk rose by 16% with each additional serving per day. Strategies to reduce intake among adolescents and young adults could potentially alleviate the growing burden of the disease, the authors wrote in
High anxiety follows police encounters for Black people in U.S., survey shows
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A protestor holds a sign reading Black Lives Matter during the Justice For All march on December 13, 2014, in Washington, D.C. File Photo by Gabriella Demczuk/UPI | License Photo
NYPD Police Officers arrest Black Lives Matter protesters when they clash in the days of the Coronavirus pandemic in Union Square in New York City on Thursday, May 28, 2020. Protests continue in Minneapolis and in other cities over the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police. All four officers involved in the incident have been fired from the Minneapolis Police Department. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Can COVID-19 vaccines affect my period?
It s not known, but researchers are starting to study the issue.
Vaccines are designed to activate your immune system, and some experts have wondered if that could temporarily disrupt menstrual cycles.
So far, reports of irregular bleeding have been anecdotal. And it’s hard to draw any links to the vaccines since changes could be the result of other factors including stress, diet and exercise habits. There s also a lack of data tracking changes to menstrual cycles after vaccines in general.
If scientists do eventually find a link between the vaccine and short-term changes in bleeding, experts say that would be no reason to avoid getting vaccinated. The benefits of taking the vaccine certainly way outweigh putting up with one heavy period, if indeed they’re related, said Dr. Mary Jane Minkin, a gynecologist and a professor at the Yale University School of Medicine.
COLUMBIA - More than 200 colleges and universities around the country have announced they will require students and staff to get the COVID-19 vaccine for the fall, but local universities have not made that decision yet.Â
Columbia College spokesperson Sam Fleury said the college has discussed the option, but as of now is not requiring it.Â
Fleury said since Columbia College is separated across 38 different campuses, its decision is different from more traditional universities.
âWe re definitely trying to encourage all of our college community members to get vaccinated,â Fleury said.
The University of Missouri has also decided to encourage, instead of require the vaccine. MU spokesperson Christian Basi said the low numbers of COVID-19 cases is one of the reasons why the university is not requiring it on campus. Â