A native of West Virginia, Conkle, 84, died on June 5. He is survived by his wife, Babs, who he met at Yale Medical School, their three sons David, John and Daniel Conkle and seven grandchildren.

Despite a Supreme Court ruling against race-conscious admissions, medical school applicants can still recognize their diverse backgrounds in personal essays, leaving a small opening for ...

VA Medical Director/Yale Professor Who Died Suddenly Was 'Bright,' 'Caring' The community is mourning the sudden death of a Yale professor and local doctor who was also the beloved medical director in ...

The promise of genome editing to help understand human diseases and create new therapies is vast, but technological limitations have limited advancement of the field.

The graduation on May 17, 2025, was a “huge step” in her journey. The next step is the UT Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine in Edinburg, Texas.

This distinctive approach gets students thinking about how the underlying biomedical science of health and disease ties into the social factors of patient care earlier than in a traditional medical ...

Four years of medical education costs $286,454 at a public school, on average, and $390,848 at a private one, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Two medical professionals argued in a new report that "medical school has gotten too political," citing "unscientific modes of thinking." "Medical students are now immersed in the notion that ...

Harvard Medical School renames its diversity office, removes content from recruitment website By John R. Ellement Globe Staff,Updated June 6, 2025, 10:51 a.m.

Medical students today are answering the call to heal patients in the tradition of centuries of physicians before them. But they are facing broken health care systems, exponential advances in ...

A Pennsylvania medical school is facing scrutiny over a pre-matriculation program that excludes students based on race, according to a new civil rights complaint filed by a watchdog organization.