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New COVID Investigation Operations Center to help Texas A&M safely resume in-person classes this fall

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The unique interagency agreement between Texas A&M and Brazos County Health District aims to contain COVID-19 transmission on campus

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Exploring connections between ovarian cancer and blood cells

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Christina Sumners

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August 13, 2020

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Improving care for LGBTIQ+ patients

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Kathleen Green Pothier

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August 13, 2020

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POV: Humanity binds us

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Roderic Pettigrew, PhD, MD

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August 12, 2020

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Charcoal could aid treatment of COVID-19

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Lindsey Hendrix

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How stigma impacts access to mental health care for Black, Indigenous and people of color

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Lindsey Hendrix

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Medical folk wisdom: What is it and how does it affect public health?

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A call to duty: Dental professor leads Texas Air National Guard medics at COVID-19 testing sites

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Kathleen Green Pothier

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“Checking the pulse” on diabetes disparities

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Rae Lynn Mitchell

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Coping with stress, anxiety and sleep issues amid current events

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Lindsey Hendrix

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Telehealth may be key in helping mitigate the obesity epidemic

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Rae Lynn Mitchell

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Researchers analyze risk perception of chronic health conditions among college students

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Rae Lynn Mitchell

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Texas A&M, OnMed launch self-contained telemedicine station to address rural health care crisis

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Lindsey Hendrix

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Social isolation: The COVID-19 pandemic’s hidden health risk for older adults

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Marcia Ory, PhD, MPH

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Texas A&M, MD Anderson scientists testing inhaled therapeutic to protect against COVID-19

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Lindsey Hendrix

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