Trump Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals

Limits on travel and visa appointments have delayed or prevented foreign doctors from entering the country for jobs set to begin in weeks.

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Air India Plane Crash Leaves Over 260 Dead With At Least One Survivor

The London-bound Boeing Dreamliner went down moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, with 242 people aboard. Dozens more may have perished as the plane exploded on the campus of a medical college.

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Trump Budget’s Caps on Grad School Loans Could Worsen Doctor Shortage

The proposed limits on federal loans fall well below the costs of medical school. Critics say this could deter students from pursuing medicine.

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Blackstone President Donates $125 Million to Tel Aviv University

The gift is the largest in Tel Aviv University’s history, and is expected to help relieve Israel’s shortage of doctors.

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Ex-Harvard Medical School Morgue Chief to Plead Guilty in Sale of Body Parts

Cedric Lodge stole organs from cadavers that had been donated for medical research, prosecutors said. The university fired him in 2023.

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Fearing Trump, NYU Langone Shuns ‘Trigger’ Words Like ‘Diverse’

Lawyers at NYU Langone Health have identified terms to avoid or scrutinize as the medical center navigates Trump administration executive orders aimed at D.E.I. programs.

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Trump Cuts Imperil Cancer, Diabetes and Pediatric Research at Columbia

Dozens of medical and scientific studies are ending or at risk of ending, leaving researchers scrambling to find alternative funding.

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Myanmar Rebels Are Opening Colleges

As Myanmar’s civil war heads into a fifth year, anti-junta forces are opening universities and colleges as part of their pursuit of a federal democracy.

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Bloomberg’s $1 Billion Gift of Free Medical School Tuition Only Applies to Some

A donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies will provide free tuition for Johns Hopkins medical students, if their families make less than $300,000 a year.

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