BYU announces first-ever medical school with focus on international health

PROVO, Utah — Brigham Young University announced it will soon create the school's first-ever medical school with an expansion of the graduate disciplines studied on the Provo campus. The announcement was made Monday by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. According to the school, the program will focus on "international health issues affecting members of [the church]" and its "worldwide humanitarian efforts." "It is envisioned that unlike many medical schools, the BYU medical school will be focused on teaching with research in areas of strategic importance to the...