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Leadership College Class of 2024 Applications Are Now Open Online
Applications are due Friday, June
16th, and applicants will be notified of their status in August. The
first class will be held in-person in Austin on October 27-28, 2023. Full schedule is available here
Officials Warn
About Possible Summer Rise in Mpox
Amid growing concern that the
US could face a rise in mpox cases
this summer, three new studies show that two doses of the Jynneos mpox vaccine
are much more effective than just one. "Vaccine effectiveness
estimates from these studies ranged 36% to 75% for one dose and
66% to 86% for two doses of Jynneos
vaccine," said Dr. Christopher Braden, mpox
response incident manager at the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Continue reading
TexMed Keynote: Physicians Should Lead Patient-Centered
Innovation
Physicians must step up to
become strong leaders who embrace patient-centered change while
making sure trends in areas like technology and the management of
medicine don't threaten physician autonomy or the focus on patient
care. That was the message Ted James, MD, associate professor of
surgery at Harvard Medical School, delivered to Texas physicians
at the opening session of TexMed 2023, May
19 in Fort Worth. Read more
One Year After
Uvalde: Remembering the 21 School Shooting Victims
On May 24, 2022, a gunman
killed 19 fourth-graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary School
in Uvalde. It was the worst school shooting in Texas history. They
were children who loved TikTok and baseball, Pokémon
and Starbucks. They had dreams of becoming a lawyer, a veterinarian,
a marine biologist, an art teacher, a cop. The teachers died trying
to save their students. One was a "diamond in the rough"
who loved CrossFit, running and biking. Another was a caregiver who
supported her family and friends in everything they did. Her husband,
a devoted father, died of a heart attack on May 26 after placing
flowers at her memorial. This is who they were. Continue to
read their stories
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