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May 31, 2018

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Four stories to read this weekend, chosen by our editors

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Raising community awareness of cancer prevention

Raising community awareness of cancer prevention

USC's local campaign to encourage Latinas to get tested for cervical cancer extends further into the community this year, with the hiring of local health care professionals who already work with residents.

Grateful patient receives life-changing dental surgery

Grateful patient receives life-changing dental surgery

Every time Lara Kerr hears USC mentioned, she thinks to herself, "Aw, my people!" This reaction is the result of being helped not just once, but twice by the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC.

How the body balances its immune system

How the body balances its immune system

In your body, blood stem cells produce approximately 10 billion new white blood cells each and every day. Even more remarkably, if some of these blood stem cells fail to do their part, then other blood stem cells pick up their slack and overproduce whichever specific type of immune cell is lacking, according to a new USC study.

Why I Choose USC: Hear from colleagues through ongoing series

Why I Choose USC: Hear from colleagues through ongoing series

Students and faculty members come from all walks of life to join the Trojan Family. Read their stories in the "Why I Choose USC" series, featured on HSC News. If you want to tell your story, email us at hscnews@usc.edu.

Featured Event

Biostats + Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center Seminar

Date: Tuesday, June 5

Time: Noon

Event: "Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Childhood Asthma," Haneen Khreis, PhD, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

Location: Soto Street Building (SSB) 115-116

Info: Marissa Jacy, jacy@usc.edu, (323) 442-1096


Find more campus events at hscnews.usc.edu/calendar-of-events/.

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