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Becoming a doctor is not an easy feat. There s a lot of time, effort, stress, money and determination put into just getting into medical school, plus years of training before a doctor can practice on their own.
The profession has had an identity associated with it for decades that doesn t necessarily resemble the ever changing demographics of America, but there s a slow shift happening.
The Association of American Medical Colleges, AAMC, said applications to medical school are at an all-time high. Specifically, they ve noticed an increase in Black and Latino students applying to further dreams of becoming physicians.
When Brittany Bankhead-Kendall received the Covid-19 vaccine in a beautiful executive boardroom at University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas, the small jab finally gave her a dose of hope that she and her family would be safe. But she still knew that downstairs, patients were fighting for their lives and dying every day, relying on surgical tubes and ventilators just to breathe. “It’s a huge juxtaposition, and it’s a really precarious.
Amarillo health experts fear cervical cancer could be on the rise, due to COIVD-19 impact
video: Amarillo health experts fear cervical cancer could be on the rise, due to COIVD-19 impact By Allisa Miller | January 21, 2021 at 9:34 PM CST - Updated January 21 at 10:24 PM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Amarillo healthcare workers are already seeing diagnosis delays in some cancer cases because of COVID-19.
Doctors say cervical caner is treatable and no woman has to die from it.
With women putting off annual doctors visits and exams due to COVID-19, experts worry what the future might look like when it comes to cancer diagnosis.
Answers to common COVID questions
City leaders answer common questions about COVID-19 vaccination By Karin McCay | January 20, 2021 at 9:54 PM CST - Updated January 20 at 10:51 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Once a week, we get a chance to ask your questions at the city’s weekly COVID news conference.
If you missed the conference on January 20th because you were instead watching the Presidential Inauguration, here are a few questions you might have asked if you had been there.
IS THE SECOND DOSE OF THE COVID VACCINE WORSE THAN THE FIRST?
Texas Tech Physician, Dr. Ron Cook, is the Lubbock Health Authority and Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. He answered like this, “You will be a little sore from the second dose but that’s not a reaction. You must get second dose.”
Darrin D’Agostino will begin his duties April 2.
Credit: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Author: FOX West Texas staff Published: 1:44 PM CST January 13, 2021 Updated: 1:44 PM CST January 13, 2021
LUBBOCK, Texas The Texas Tech University Health Science Center announced Tuesday it had named Darrin D’Agostino, D.O., MPH, MBA as provost and chief academic officer.
According to a TTUHSC press release, D Agostino is the current executive dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine and vice provost of Health Affairs for Kansas City University.
D Agostino s served as dean of Community Health and innovation as well as professor of medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center before joining KCU.