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Texas A&M University nursing students set to graduate this May will be able to pursue an accelerated graduation plan that allows them the opportunity to quickly enter the workforce to support the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As Michigan works swiftly to expand its health care workforce to combat the exponentially rising number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in the state, Michigan State University is making available hundreds of health care students who successfully completed their program requirements to Michigan health care systems earlier than usual.
Minnesota researchers orchestrated the state’s fastest on-site testing for COVID-19
A University of Minnesota team, led by researcher Fang Li, studied how mutations that changed the structure of a SARS-CoV-2 protein enabled it to attach more securely to human cells than its predecessor, infect human cells better, and spread faster.
The Stony Brook University Office of the Vice President for Research, in partnership with the Institute for Engineering-Driven Medicine at Stony Brook announced that a half-million dollar COVID-19 Seed Grant Program has been established to provide support to researchers and clinicians at Stony Brook who are responding rapidly and creatively to the critical needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic