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Despite years of efforts, Black representation in med schools still lacking

Adobe Stock Images After decades of widespread initiatives to boost the number of African-American doctors, Blacks still remain an underrepresented minority in the nation’s medical schools, according to USA Today. That was illustrated by Gabriel Felix, a 27-year-old Rockland County, N.Y., native who is graduating from Howard University’s medical school in May, but still knows how… Read More: Despite years of efforts, Black representation in med schools still… »

Vaccination deniers gaining traction, NHS boss warns

The head of NHS England has warned that “vaccination deniers” are gaining traction on social media as part of a “fake news” movement. Simon Stevens said parents were seeing “fake messages” online about vaccines, which was making it harder to “win the public argument” on vaccination. NHS England is considering what action can be taken… Read More: Vaccination deniers gaining traction, NHS boss warns »

How sensitivity to emotions changes across the lifespan

Why do we become more positive as we grow older? Why are adolescents so sensitive to negative social cues? These are a few of the questions addressed in “Emotion Sensitivity Across the Lifespan: Mapping Clinical Risk Periods to Sensitivity to Facial Emotion Intensity,” a new paper published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. The… Read More: How sensitivity to emotions changes across the lifespan »