From patient & doctor to medical student & dean; U of M connection comes full circle
Sophia Schmidt says a life-threatening condition inspired her future in medicine. Years later, her doctor is now her dean. Author: Kent Erdahl Updated: 7:37 PM CDT May 6, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS When Sophia Schmidt heard that there was a 40% increase in applications to the University of Minnesota Medical School during the COVID-19 pandemic, she could relate. Medical school is hard and just to get into medical school is hard, so it s nice to have those reminders of why this is important, what the impact of this is, Schmidt said.
For Schmidt, a second-year medical student, the pandemic didn t inspire her journey but a life-changing diagnosis did.
University of Minnesota medical student Cleresa Roberts will join the small number of women, and even smaller number of Black women, pursing the elite residency.
May 5, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Health officials say Minnesota saw a 27% increase in drug overdose deaths last year, with the first largest increase coinciding with the outbreak of COVID-19.
According to the Minnesota Department of Health, 1,008 people died of drug overdoses in 2020. Drug-related deaths increased 64% in March 2020 compared with the previous year, then peaked at more than 100 fatalities in the months of May and August.
Outreach resources became limited due to the pandemic.
“With COVID there’s this terrible storm about lack of access to treatment medications, housing and treatment facilities,” said Dr. Ryan Kelly, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
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Alabama
Birmingham: Declaring the COVID-19 pandemic “absolutely” managed despite lagging vaccinations, Gov. Kay Ivey said Monday that she will end a health order meant to guard against the spread of an illness that has killed nearly 11,000 people statewide. Citing improved infection rates, fewer hospitalizations and more widespread immunizations, Ivey said the current order recommending that people follow health guidance and requiring some precautions for senior citizens and long-term care facilities will end May 31, barring a sharp rise in cases. The declared state of emergency will end July 6, she said in a statement. “For over a year now, Alabamians, like people around the globe, have made sacrifices and adjusted to a temporary ‘new normal.’ We have learned much since last year, and this is absolutely now a managed pandemic. Our infection rates and