Morehouse School of Medicine News

This photo provided by Morehouse School of Medicine, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, shows U.S. Surgeon General Dr.

The new U.S. Surgeon General on Thursday called for stepped-up efforts in increasing the number of minority physicians.

Fulton County will offer the H1N1 vaccine at the Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless Thanksgiving Dinner at Turner Field from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov.

ChildrenA's Healthcare of Atlanta has received a $30 million grant from the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation, a charity focused on supporting organizations and programs that benefit children and youth in metro Atlanta.

It was a matter of time for Shirley Savage-Hammonds. The 43-year-old Williston woman knows she can wake up at 2 a.m. with terrible pain in her back and legs, pain that Percocet won't "knock down," she said.

While an undiagnosed illness kept Hue Ngo from talking, visiting med student Cam Tu Nguyen spoke to him in their native Vietnamese and found out that he could still write.

David Satcher, M.D., U.S. surgeon general from 1998-2002, has made a career out of advocating for the elimination of racial health disparities.

Xavier University of Louisiana has received a five-year $10.1 million grant from the National Center for Research Resources , part of the National Institutes of Health and its Research Centers in Minority Institutions program.

Regina M. Benjamin, M.D. was unanimously confirmed as Surgeon General by the Senate late yesterday .

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Dr.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded $75 million to Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science and three other historically black institutions to establish a medical research consortium to combat health disparities in minority and underserved populations.

Meharry Medical College has been awarded a $21.4 million research grant, the largest in school history, to study disparities in minority health conditions.

The director of the Centers for Disease Control admitted Wednesday that finding the H1N1 vaccine has been frustrating for many people.

A "Health Information Technology Resource Teach-In" will be heldA from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct.

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Since the tragic shooting death of Spelman student Jasmine Lynn on the campus of Clark Atlanta University, many have been wondering what the university is doing to increase student safety.

Georgia State University will partner with the Morehouse School of Medicine to develop a joint program on developmental disabilities.

Morehouse School of Medicine's Mary Langley has been honored with the Prevention Pioneer in Georgia Award for her "continual dedication and contributions to prevention in Georgia." The Georgia School of Addiction Studies made the presentation during its third annual conference.

Regina Benjamin, the Bayou La Batre physician whose nomination for U.S. surgeon general breezed through the Senate health committee Wednesday, once interned for the CIA and has more recently served as a paid adviser to packaged food giant ConAgra Foods Inc., according to an interview and her answers on an official questionnaire.

Grant will fund a leadership program that aims to reduce health disparities for primary care and mental health On Oct.