PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 11 -- Brown University issued the following news: One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans are better educated in public health than ever before -- the fact that "flattening the curve" is now a familiar phrase is evidence enough. And the nation has increasingly taken note of existing health disparities by race, ethnicity, geography and socioeconomic status as the pandemic affects communities disproportionately. Academic leaders at Brown University's School more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 12 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news: Proposals to create a national gun registry have long been met with fierce opposition from gun rights advocates. While proponents say a registry would help in tracking guns used in crimes, opponents worry that it would compromise privacy and could be used by the federal government to confiscate firearms. Now, a team of Brown University computer scientists has devised a way of implementing a registry that  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 9 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news: There are no national studies on medical students who are parents and very little information about what medical schools are doing to support these students, a review by researchers at Brown University found. In fact, there isn't even an accurate measure of exactly how many such students there are: According to the Association of American Medical Colleges' 2020 Medical School Graduation Questionnaire, 7.3 more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 11 (TNSJou) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Researchers from the University of Rhode Island and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have teamed up to perfect a fast, accurate test combining the use of a solid-state nanopore and machine learning to verify the identity and purity of synthetic heparan sulfate The work has implications for better characterizing viruses such as COVID-19 and ensuring the purity of the clinical anticoagulant hepa more PR