The Erie County Department of Health says 16 students have completed its first Paramedic Academy course, a 10-month program that recently earned state and CoAEMSP Letter of Review accreditation. The graduates are now eligible to take the state and national paramedic certification exams.
Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy and granddaughter of former president John F. Kennedy, has revealed she has terminal cancer. The New Yorker, Tatiana explained she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia shortly after giving birth to her second child in May 2024. Her doctors have told her she likely has about a year to live.
The Department of Education has excluded nursing from its definition of “professional degree” programs as it implements student loan changes under Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a move nursing organizations warn could worsen the nation’s healthcare staffing crisis. The reclassification affects federal loan limits for graduate nursing students beginning July 1, 2026.