Aug
03
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In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in biologic therapies and immunotherapies approved to help treat a wide variety of diseases and conditions. You may have seen recently in the news that the FDA approved the first interchangeable biosimilar insulin product and wondered what that meant and what biosimilars or biologics are. What… Read More »
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Jul
26
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Southern Connecticut State University has been a very active member of NNLM in Region 7, from SCSU departments such as the Department of Nursing, the Hilton C. Buley Library, and the Department of Information and Library Science. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to Dr. Brian Real, who is an Assistant… Read More »
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Jul
18
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A few weeks ago, a heat wave in the Northwest lead to a strongly worded statement from Seattle-King County Public Health and Oregon Health Authority urging Portland residents to seek help from their primary care providers for heat related illness due to high demand in Emergency Departments. At the same time another heat wave in… Read More »
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Jul
12
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The award’s primary aim is to focus on upgrading, replacing or adopting technologies that will increase access to health information, and/or strengthen communications and connectivity for health, i.e. infrastructure, and/or facilitate the acquisition of mobile technologies to assist health professionals in providing services at point of need. The programs are intended to help a variety… Read More »
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Jul
12
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The primary aim of the Data Science/Data Management Award is to focus on projects that stimulate innovations in biomedical knowledge or data science, information or research services. The programs are intended to help a variety of users, with a focus on minority and other underrepresented populations and the health professionals who serve them, make the… Read More »
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