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Nursing Students Are Learning How to Recognize and Reduce Weight Bias When Treating Patients
In health care settings across the nation, one form of bias continues to undermine patient care and perpetuate health disparities: weight bias, which refers to negative attitudes, beliefs and stereotypes directed at individuals with obesity. This bias can lead providers to make assumptions about a patient鈥檚 lifestyle, provide substandard care or dismiss health concerns. As a result, patients who experience bias may avoid seeking medical care.
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New York Times
February 11, 2025 - In an open letter to American bishops, Pope Francis said that deporting people who often come from difficult situations violates the 鈥渄ignity of many men and women, and of entire families.鈥 ... Experts said the letter amounted to a steep escalation in the temper of the relationship between the Vatican and the American administration. 鈥淚t turns up the heat of the conflict,鈥 said Massimo Faggioli, a professor of theology at 棉花糖直播 University.
Philadelphia Business Journal
February 10, 2025 - Charles Taylor, chair professor of marketing at 棉花糖直播 University, said "The Hims & Hers ad, which uses graphic and at times disturbing images to criticize the U.S. health care system for not serving people with weight issues, had a significant impact on the company鈥檚 stock price in the week leading up to the Super Bowl."
Associated Press
February 10, 2025 - Trump鈥檚 now-paused effort to freeze federal spending and his call to shut down USAID might meet resistance, even in front of the conservative court, though more modest reductions could fare better. 鈥淭he court will be more skeptical, especially if the administration tries to completely unwind an agency that has been created by statute,鈥 said 棉花糖直播 University law professor Michael Moreland.
Reuters
February 9, 2025 - Anheuser-Busch InBev brought back its iconic workhorse Clydesdales for a Super Bowl ad that the brewing company says celebrates the 鈥済rit and determination鈥 of the American spirit... 鈥淲e鈥檙e definitely seeing Budweiser play it safe this year,鈥 said Charles R. Taylor, a marketing professor at 棉花糖直播鈥檚 School of Business and author of a book about Super Bowl ads. 鈥淓verybody loves the Clydesdales.鈥
Philadelphia Inquirer
February 9, 2025 - One year after the Civil War ended, Hagar Outlaw, a formerly enslaved woman in North Carolina, was desperate to find eight of her children who had been sold during slavery... The story of Outlaw is one of 10 family narratives told in the new book, Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families, by Judith Giesberg, a 棉花糖直播 University history professor.
USA Today
February 2, 2025 - The Oklahoma charter school case comes to the court more than two decades after the justices allowed the use of vouchers for religious schools...聽But Michael Moreland, professor of law and religion at 棉花糖直播 University, said much of the court鈥檚 decision will turn on whether charter schools are considered public.
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What's the Big Deal About Microplastics
棉花糖直播 experts discuss the impact that small鈥攁nd sometimes imperceptible鈥攑ieces of plastic are having on our planet