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Since the onset of the pandemic and the resulting vast amount of complex dynamic data available, health-related dashboards have become ubiquitous as the public, healthcare providers and administrators, and public health and government officials continually reach out for and evaluate vital, accurate information to support decision making.

From The Beginning: A Conversation With An Equine Orthopedic Pioneer Sponsored by: Do you ever wonder how someone becomes an expert in a given field? Brilliance, tenacity, ambition, savvy, every one in heaping measure? And then some, likely! Without question, Wayne McIlwraith proved a forerunner in the field of equine orthopedics, influencing how skeletal problems are treated in high-performance horses. In a candid interview with Kentucky Equine Research, he described his childhood in...

To celebrate Earth Day, Scott Deal is spearheading the second annual Earth Day Art Model Telematic and Media Festival. 200 musicians from around the world will gather together online and share their works with each other and their virtual audience over a 24-hour period starting Wednesday, April 21 at 8 p.m. EST. To join the audience for this free festival click here: earthdayartmodel.org Deal is a professor of music technology with the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI and an...

Pictured above: Purdue nursing siblings Branton, Victoria and Brayson Leazenby. Photo provided. In Indiana and the United States, there is a tre­mendous need for highly skilled nurses. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the U.S. workforce of registered nurses will need to grow 7% in the next decade, yet enroll­ment in nursing programs is not growing fast enough to meet the projected demand. By 2030, Indiana alone will need 75,300 regis­tered nurses. Three siblings, all Boilermakers, are...

Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center hosting several virtual spring events Note to journalists: Journalists visiting campus should follow visitor health guidelines. Purdue University’s Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center (Purdue University photo) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University’s Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center will host several virtual events during the spring 2021 semester. The Lunch and Learn Series will take place from...

Loading video... VIDEO: The goal of the Digital Dementia Detection (D3) project is identification of noninvasive, low-cost methods for early detection of Alzheimers disease. view more  Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine, Regenstrief Institute, IUPUI and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine will study a problem that has been vexing healthcare professionals and families for decades, using scalable, low-cost, and non...

Social media posts mislead on risk posed by vaccine ingredient   Published On Social media posts mislead on risk posed by vaccine ingredient (AFP) - Social media posts claim that Polysorbate 80, a synthetic compound used to help keep ingredients together in vaccines, suppresses the immune system and can cross the blood-brain barrier. But the same ingredient is ingested in far greater quantities from foods such as ice cream, and medical experts say the only danger it poses is extremely rare ca...