Tennessee congressman hosts discussion with COVID-19 experts
WATCH: Congressman Cohen hosts discussion panel with COVID-19 experts - clipped version By WMC Action News 5 Staff | March 8, 2021 at 5:53 PM CST - Updated March 8 at 10:32 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) is speaking to COVID-19 experts in a live discussion panel tonight.
The panel includes:
Dr. Monica Webb Hooper, Deputy Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), National Institutes of Health
Dr. James E. K. Hildreth, an infectious disease expert and President of Meharry Medical College. Dr. Hildreth is on the President’s COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force and served on the FDA Advisory Panel that recommended the emergency use authorization of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines
Cohen, Hildreth Jain, Webb Hooper discuss disparities commercialappeal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from commercialappeal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
US task force recommends lung cancer screening start earlier, include people with shorter histories of smoking
Doctor checking medical record of his patient during CT scan
Annual lung cancer screening should include people as young as 50 and with shorter smoking histories, according to a new recommendation from an independent panel of experts that makes clinical recommendations to the American public.
The US Preventive Services Task Force now recommends that current and former smokers ages 50 to 80, who have a 20 pack-year smoking history, have an annual CT lung scan to screen for lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer death in the US.
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Send A new center using evidence-based research to inform public health practice in criminal justice settings has been established by the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
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