By Alexander Luzula | Assistant News Director After months of deliberations and negotiations, the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine will be partnering with Baptist Health South Florida. The decision was approved unanimously at the most recent Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 28. The board voted to approve a full affiliation agreement, which was presented […]
Jesse Fraga / Assistant News Director Those who use the FIU pharmacy are scrambling with less than a week left to fill their prescription needs. The pharmacy, located in the center of Modesto A. Maidique campus, provided quick access to the university’s medications, leaving “little interruption to your class or work schedule,” the website states. […]
Elena Key/Contributing Writer More students than ever are trading papers and pencils into lab coats and stethoscopes, as FIU medical school applications increase. Two second year medical students at the FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine pursue the field of medicine through their experiences. The FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine has received 7,400 applications […]
Cristina Gonzalez/Entertainment Director In a time of uncertainty, Dr. Natalia Echeverri, gynecologist and obstetrician, is spending almost every hour of the day ensuring her community she is there to help. For Echeverri’s patients, that means delivering babies even when she’s not on call and making sure they have a hand to hold during labor. Something […]
~Camila Saenz/Contributing Writer On Florida International University’s Modesto A. Maidique campus, beside the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, lies the Management and Advanced Research Center. Earlier in April at the annual HR conference, the FIU Center for Leadership received number one ranking in the state of Florida and number two ranking in the […]
In the summer of 2012, the Pan American Health Organization and Cuban health authorities reported more than 700 cases of cholera, an infection of the small intestine caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The outbreak was traced to two food distribution centres, where since then, corrective measures were taken to combat the disease. Since then, […]
