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Medical schools around the country seeing increase in enrollment For 2021 academic year, increase in 18%. Joe Raedle/Getty Images and last updated 2021-01-12 03:08:53-05 Medical schools around the country are seeing a new, encouraging trend in the middle of the pandemic. The Association of American Medical Colleges reports the number of students applying to medical schools for the 2021 academic year is up 18% from last year. “Some are calling it the Fauci effect,” says Dr. Lee Learman, Dean of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. “So many good things come from Dr. Fau...

Virginia Tech medical school faculty, students getting COVID-10 vaccine Carilion Clinic COVID-19 Vaccine (Source: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine) By Pat Thomas | January 7, 2021 at 11:07 AM EST - Updated January 14 at 2:32 PM ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ/Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Release) - Members of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM) community have started receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. In December, Carilion Clinic and other local health systems began administering vaccines to their health care providers. That includes their employees who also hol...