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July 22, 2021 |
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COVID-19 Roundup: Masks required on campus; study finds disparities in mortality ratesUSC has announced that masks are required indoors on campus, regardless of vaccination status. A new study finds that Latinos are more likely to die from COVID-19, underlining racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes. And a white paper finds that vaccination mandates are an effective tool against virus spread. |
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Jehni Robinson, MD, named president of USC Care Medical GroupKeck Medicine of USC has named Jehni Robinson, MD, as president of USC Care Medical Group (USC Care), a faculty practice plan composed of Keck Medicine physicians. Robinson, who is the chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, will serve in this two-year role, effective immediately. |
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Keck Medicine of USC shares $3 million grant to advance at-home health care technologyKeck Medicine of USC is working with several universities to bring data from wearable fitness devices like the Fitbit and Apple Watch into the clinical space. |
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USC Professor Scott E. Fraser redefines impossible problemsScott E. Fraser is known for inventing new microscopes and other tools to observe living, developing embryos. But one of his lab's most important pieces of technology filters coffee instead of light: it's a restaurant-quality Espresso machine. |
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