Health workers violated privacy of Iowa athlete, girlfriend
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa fired one student health clinic worker and disciplined another for breaching the privacy of an athlete and his girlfriend by immediately discussing the results...
View Article2 more Mississippi universities likely to add student fees
JACKSON, Mississippi - Two of Mississippi's public universities are likely to increase the student fees that are charged above tuition this fall, a growing trend among the schools.
View ArticlePolice: Counselor charged after having sex with student
ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania - Authorities say a western Pennsylvania high school guidance counselor has been charged after having sex with a football player who came to her for help.
View ArticleUniversity of Oregon may create student health insurance
EUGENE, Oregon - The University of Oregon is proposing to create its own health insurance plan for students.
View ArticleUO Board halts university's student health care plan
EUGENE, Oregon - The University of Oregon's proposal to launch a self-funded health care plan for students has been put on hold as members of the school's Board of Trustees deemed the proposal risky...
View ArticleUnion objects to privatizing school nurses, substitutes
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers says students' health could be endangered if the district outsources school nurse services.
View ArticleDental students to staff new clinic in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS - A new dental clinic in St. Louis will seek to fill a significant need, providing care for many people who haven't had access to dental care.
View ArticleUCF student health director appointed to national group
ORLANDO, Florida - The University of Central Florida's student health services director will be playing a role in how universities across the U.S. handle epidemics and other health emergencies.
View ArticleTeen slain at Georgia party was Kentucky college student
FAYETTEVILLE, Georgia - A teenager who was shot to death at a weekend pool party south of Atlanta has been identified as a 19-year-old Kentucky State University student who had gone to high school in...
View ArticleFormer Kansas school counselor seeks pardon for student rape
SALINA, Kansas - A former Salina middle school counselor imprisoned for raping a 13-year-old student plans to ask Gov. Sam Brownback for a pardon.
View ArticleKansas counselor convicted of raping student to seek pardon
SALINA, Kansas - A former Kansas school counselor convicted of raping a 13-year-old student plans to seek a pardon from Gov. Sam Brownback.
View ArticleVeteran Arkansas educator retires after 69-year career
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - A veteran Arkansas educator whose first day as a teacher started in a two-room schoolhouse in 1945 is retiring after a 69-year career.
View ArticleTuscaloosa banning tobacco products on all city property
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - The City of Tuscaloosa is banning the use of tobacco products on all municipal property.
View ArticleSchool-based health clinics gain Paducah board approval
PADUCAH, Kentucky - Two school-based Paducah health clinics have been approved in an effort to keep staff and students both healthy and in school.
View ArticleConsultant finds problems at Iowa State health center
AMES, Iowa - A consultant's report says an array of problems at Iowa State University's Thielen Student Health Center raises risks for students and the university.
View ArticleWheaton College ends student health plans over birth control
WHEATON, Illinois - Wheaton College in suburban Chicago will stop offering health insurance plans to students beginning Friday in an effort to avoid providing birth control coverage mandated by the...
View ArticleReno family await school district's approval to use medicine
RENO, Nevada - The mother of a Reno girl with a rare form of epilepsy is trying to secure permission for her daughter's school to administer medicine that could halt potentially deadly seizures.
View ArticleOhio abortion clinic trains doctors for University of Toledo
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Toledo's only remaining abortion clinic can't get a backup-care agreement from the University of Toledo Medical Center that could help it avoid a potential shutdown, but it has...
View ArticleBYU health plan doesn't meet US contraception, cost rules
SALT LAKE CITY - Some students at Brigham Young University could face hundreds of dollars in fines if they stay on the school's student health plan, which doesn't comply with federal law in part...
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For Cherry Creek school nurses, prevention proves crucial
AURORA, Colorado - If your image of a school nurse's office is a cot, a desk and a friendly nurse who can dole out ice packs and little else, you probably haven't been in one for a while.
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