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October 29, 2024
Mounting research shows the U.S. has made almost no progress in eliminating racial disparities in key health indicators. According to…
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September 25, 2023
The Advil Pain Equity Project launched this month is shedding light on the harmful impact of racial bias in the…
June 30, 2023
Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to New York and Kentucky on Wednesday.
October 14, 2022
The Ms. Foundation for Women’s new Birth Justice Initiative is designed to support grassroots organizations led by Black, Indigenous and…
July 25, 2022
Life Tree Women Care in Jacksonville was recognized by The Florida Times-Union for its commitment to listening to people needing…
June 29, 2022
The study says structural racism plays a role in Black health. Its authors say policies are needed to effectively address…
June 28, 2022
There are also far fewer centers in low income and rural communities than there are in high income and urban…
Black mortality rates
June 23, 2022
Black women die from uterine cancer at twice the rate of white women and is another example of racial health…
June 21, 2022
Dr. Colin Greene, Virginia's health commissioner, earned condemnation after he rejected the role of systemic racism in public health.
June 8, 2022
Pulse oximeters can reportedly overestimate blood oxygen levels in darker-skinned people, making them appear healthier.
May 10, 2022
Cheryll Woods-Flowers, once the mayor of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, lost her father to Alzheimer's disease in February 2018.
April 2, 2022
Blacks and Hispanics far less likely than whites to receive CPR from a bystander during cardiac arrest, study shows.
March 31, 2022
"The State of Black America and COVID-19" warns Blacks aren't being studied enough in trials, treatment programs and registries.
March 19, 2022
Data shows that hospitalization for Black patients reached higher rates compared to other groups since the onset of COVID-19.
March 15, 2022
According to this research, 102.1 of every 100,000 Blacks died of COVID-19, compared to 73.1 of every 100,000 whites.
March 13, 2022
Exodus Simmons, son of late rapper DMX, is living with stage 3 chronic kidney disease according to his mother, Desiree…
February 22, 2022
Disparities in healthcare and structural inequities leave African-Americans most vulnerable to excess deaths during pandemic.
Black Graduates
February 1, 2022
27 HBCUs and historically Black medical schools have been awarded $20 million as part of a 10-year commitment from the…
July 25, 2021
Dr. Anthony Fauci and the CDC may recommend mask wearing again even for vaccinated people as the delta variant takes…
May 19, 2021
OPINION: Studies are now showing that up to 14.4% of people recovering from COVID-19 have been diagnosed with diabetes.