health disparities
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Report Highlights Health Disparities in Prince George’s
A $543 million regional hospital anticipated to open next year in Largo seeks to help decrease health ailments such hypertension,…
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Black Patients Fare Better Than Whites when Both Get Same Healthcare, Study Finds
Alan Zerembo, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The L.A. Times) – On most health measures, blacks fare much worse…
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Black Lives Matter In The ER: Black Kids With Appendicitis Undertreated With Opioid Pain Meds
David Kroll, FORBES (Forbes) – Black children were more than half as likely as white children to be given opioid…
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Los Angeles Midwives Aim to End Racial Disparities at Birth
Liana Aghajanian, AL JAZEERA AMERICA CLAREMONT, Calif. (Al Jazeera America) — Ask Debbie Allen, a black midwife, what it’s…
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A Racial Gap in Kidney Transplants Closes But Work Remains
LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — A racial gap in kidney transplants appears to have closed, a 13-year…
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U.S. Department of Health Sees Glimmers of Hope in Mental Health Status of Blacks
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Things are “moving in the right direction” in terms…
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The Case for Black Doctors
Damon Tweedy, THE NEW YORK TIMES DURHAM, N.C. (The New York Times) — In virtually every field of medicine, black…
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Study: Racial Discrimination Fuels Obesity in Minority Communities
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Exposure to racial discrimination may explain why members of…
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US Eating Habits Improve a Bit, Except Among Poor
LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Americans’ eating habits have improved — except among the poor, evidence of…
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Mixed Record on Progress of Black Women
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite the stubborn persistence of racial disparities in health, there is cause…
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