RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH: MINORITIES MAKE UP MORE THAN HALF WAITING FOR AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT. COVID-19 has shed a light on racial disparities in health as the… Read more “ABC 8News (Richmond VA)”
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Boston Review
HOW A POPULAR MEDICAL DEVICE ENCODES RACIAL BIAS. To measure oxygen in your blood, light from a pulse oximeter must pass through your skin. This should give… Read more “Boston Review”
U.S. News
Study: Race, Poverty Tied to Coronavirus Disparities. Poverty alone can’t explain community-level racial and ethnic disparities in infection and death rates, a new analysis indicates.
Harvard Business Review
A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO ADDRESSING RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES. Counties where more than 86% of residents are Black experienced up to 10 times higher death rates from… Read more “Harvard Business Review”
CNN
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION MAY HARM BLACK PEOPLE’S COGNITIVE HEALTH, STUDY FINDS. Chronic stress can change your brain. Experiencing racism could make it worse. Black women who frequently experienced daily… Read more “CNN”
NBC News
HEALTHY BLACK CHILDREN HAVE A HIGHER POST-OP DEATH RATE, STUDY FINDS. Researchers found a stark disparity in post-operative risks by race, and cited poverty and lack of… Read more “NBC News”
Science
‘HUGE HOLE IN COVID-19 TESTING DATA MAKES IT HARDER TO STUDY RACIAL DISPARITIES. Roughly 35% of tests performed at a center in Phoenix and 30% in Atlanta… Read more “Science”
Centre Daily Times
‘NOTHING OCCURS IN A VACUUM.’ 3/20 COALITION PLANS ‘TEACH-INS’ TO EDUCATE ABOUT RACE, MENTAL HEALTH. An activist group formed after a white State College police officer fatally… Read more “Centre Daily Times”
New York Times
WHO GETS A VACCINE FIRST? U.S. CONSIDERS RACE IN CORONAVIRUS PLANS. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and an advisory committee of outside health experts in… Read more “New York Times”
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