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    A Hasidic man and medical workers cross paths near the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., in November. When public health messaging comes from community leaders, it's much more likely to be adopted, research on diverse groups finds.
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    'Trusted Messengers, Trusted Messages': How To Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy

    Dec 24, 2020
    As the first COVID-19 vaccines begin to be rolled out across the U.S., community leaders in diverse groups already are working hard to dispel misinformation and reach skeptics with truth.
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    OPINION: To Solve The Pandemic, Biden Must Focus On Equity

    Nov 13, 2020
    Doctors who helped stop Ebola call on Joe Biden's transition team to address COVID-19's racial and economic inequities. The evidence shows a safety net under the most vulnerable protects us all.
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    'Racial Inequality May Be As Deadly As COVID-19,' Analysis Finds

    Aug 27, 2020
    A century of U.S. statistics finds mortality rates and life expectancy were much worse for Black Americans during pre-pandemic years than they have been for white people during the COVID-19 crisis.
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    The industrial complex in Carthage where many Latinx residents work is a half-mile walk from the town square.
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    In Rural Missouri, Latinx Communities Learn To Contain And Cope With The Coronavirus

    Aug 01, 2020
    Rural Carthage, Mo., is home to a growing community of Latin American immigrants. Language barriers and economic stress have made it harder to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Lt. Travis Stokes, a firefighter in Richmond, Va., is helping to lead an effort to distribute protective equipment to residents of low-income and minority neighborhoods.
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    In Minority Neighborhoods, Knocking On Doors To Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus

    Jul 10, 2020
    Through a partnership between state and local government, volunteers and city workers in Richmond, Va., are passing out PPE in at-risk neighborhoods.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Virginia State Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, is joined by Del. Lamont Bagby, D-Henrico, (far left), and other members of the state's Legislative Black Caucus in November 2019. On Wednesday, the VLBC sent a letter to Gov. Ralph Northam opposing his
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    Black Leaders In Virginia To Gov. Northam: It's Too Soon To Reopen

    May 13, 2020
    Leaders of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus say they're concerned about racial health disparities exacerbated by the pandemic.
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    Shots - Health News
    A hospital patient in Stamford, Conn., who has COVID-19 symptoms gets his temperature checked. Severe infections with the novel coronavirus have been unusually high among African Americans and Latinos in many hospitals.
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    Opinion: U.S. Must Avoid Building Racial Bias Into COVID-19 Emergency Guidance

    Apr 21, 2020
    States are releasing "Crisis Standards of Care" guidelines, aimed at helping desperate hospitals discern how to allocate scarce resources. But the guidance doesn't factor in health care inequalities.
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    Beyoncé with<strong> </strong>Blue Ivy Carter in New York City in 2014.
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    From Breastfeeding To Beyoncé, 'Skimmed' Tells A New Story About Black Motherhood

    Feb 11, 2020
    Book author Andrea Freeman discusses the history of breastfeeding among black women, and why media portrayals of black moms matter.
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    The Salt
    Chef Tunde Wey uses food as a tool for social justice. His company, BabyZoos, aims to use profits from the sale of applesauce to hospitals to fund ventures that create more economic opportunities for African Americans in an effort to close racial wealth
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    Can Applesauce Help Close The Racial Health Gap? No, Wait, Hear This Chef Out

    Dec 17, 2019
    From infant mortality rates to access to cancer treatment, stark health disparities exist between blacks and whites. One Michigan experiment to address that starts with money made from hospital food.
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    Shots - Health News
    Brittany Williams, a doctoral candidate at the University of Georgia, started taking Truvada when she began dating a man living with HIV. Even though the relationship ended, she continues to take it.
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    To Halt HIV, Advocates Push For PrEP Outreach To Black Women

    Feb 08, 2019
    After gay and bisexual men, black women are the group at highest risk for HIV transmission. Here's how women are teaching each other about the most effective ways to prevent infection.
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    Shots - Health News
    Sarah Spiegel, a third-year student at New York Medical College, pushed for more education on LGBT health issues for students.
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    Medical Students Push For More LGBT Health Training To Address Disparities

    Jan 20, 2019
    One in 5 LGBT adults has avoided medical care for fear of discrimination, according to a recent survey, and 80 percent of physicians surveyed say they feel "not competent" to treat LGBT patients.
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    Talitha Saunders and AJ Ikamoto tidy their ambulance at the end of a recent shift. The two work as emergency medical responders in Oregon with American Medical Response in Portland. Leaders there are working to prevent any race-based disparities in treat
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    Emergency Medical Responders Confront Racial Bias

    Jan 03, 2019
    In a recent study of patients treated by emergency medical responders in Oregon, black patients were 40 percent less likely to get pain medicine than their white peers. Why?
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    Getting people of different ethnicities and cultural backgrounds into clinical trials is not only a question of equity, doctors say. It's also a scientific imperative to make sure candidate drugs work and are safe in a broad cross-section of people.
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    Language Barrier Means Millions Of Elderly Can't Access Alzheimer's Trials

    Oct 31, 2018
    In the U.S., Alzheimer's clinical trials are largely limited to fluent English speakers, which leaves millions of patients without the opportunity to participate and scientists without diverse data.
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    Shots - Health News
    Black men are twice as likely as whites to die from prostate cancer, one of the deadliest cancers that affect males.
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    Distrust Of Health Care System May Keep Black Men Away From Prostate Cancer Research

    Oct 17, 2018
    Black men are hit hardest by prostate cancer, but they are underrepresented in research. Researchers held focus groups in three states to understand why.
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    Shots - Health News
    Niasha Fray works on issues of health equity at Duke University. "Black women like me have to put on the armor of self-care," Fray says.
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    Why Are Black Women Less Likely To Stick With A Breast Cancer Follow-Up Treatment?

    Oct 09, 2018
    Black women are more likely to die from breast cancer than white women. One reason may be that they face economic and cultural barriers to taking the medications that can prevent recurrence.
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    Shots - Health News
    Nearly 62 percent of respondents had at least one ACE and a quarter reported three or more. The remaining respondents had at least two ACEs, including 16 percent with four or more such experiences.
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    Childhood Trauma And Its Lifelong Health Effects More Prevalent Among Minorities

    Sep 17, 2018

    The largest study of its kind shows a high prevalence of adverse childhood experiences — or ACEs — across the population, but especially among some vulnerable groups.

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    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City is reconsidering its participation in Alpha Omega Alpha.
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    A Medical School Tradition Comes Under Fire For Racism

    Sep 05, 2018
    A prominent medical school has pulled back from electing students for a sought-after honor society, saying the award reinforces racial bias in medical education.
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    Shots - Health News
    Executive Director Emily Stewart, left, and Director of Programs Anna Rodriguez standing in the lobby of the Casa Esperanza Familias Unidas Outpatient Services.
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    What Explains The Rising Overdose Rate Among Latinos?

    May 16, 2018
    Opioid addiction is often portrayed as a white problem, but overdose rates are now rising faster among Latinos and blacks. Cultural and linguistic barriers may put Latinos at greater risk.
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    Several months after she lost her first set of twins, Samantha Pierce got pregnant with Camryn and Caedyn, now 7 years old. For that pregnancy, she was put on bed rest.
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    How Racism May Cause Black Mothers To Suffer The Death Of Their Infants

    Dec 20, 2017
    African-American women are more likely to lose a baby in the first year of life than women of any other race. Scientists think that stress from racism makes their bodies and babies more vulnerable.
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    A slaughterhouse and meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, owned by the firm Agriprocessors in 2008, was the site of a major immigration raid that year by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The raid sent ripples throughout the state and may even h
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    Scientists Start To Tease Out The Subtler Ways Racism Hurts Health

    Nov 11, 2017
    The biological effects of lifelong exposure to racism or other sorts of discrimination can be complicated, scientists say, but likely tap into the same mechanisms as other types of chronic stress.
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    Knowing Someone Who Faced Discrimination May Affect Blood Pressure

    Dec 21, 2016
    Seeing someone close to you experience racial discrimination may have more of an effect on health than experiencing that discrimination yourself, a study finds.
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    Life Expectancy Drops For White Women, Increases For Black Men

    Apr 19, 2016
    Suicide, drug abuse and alcohol have started to shorten the lives of white women, a U.S. report on data from 2013 to 2014 suggests. Life-expectancy for many black men went up from 71.8 years to 72.2.
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    Health
    Larson goes shopping with Alan and Ruthie Marshall and explains how to choose food based on nutrition labels. Larson also uses food props to illustrate healthy choices.
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    For Native Americans, Health Care Is A Long, Hard Road Away

    Apr 13, 2016
    For Native Americans on South Dakota's Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, it can take weeks to get in to see a doctor and hours to get an ambulance after a life-threatening injury.
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    Shots - Health News
    Source: <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/hiv-data-trends-fact-sheet-508.pdf">National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention</a>, 2016.
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    The AIDS Crisis Hasn't Ended In The Black And Latino Communities

    Feb 25, 2016
    HIV rates in the U.S. have been dropping for about a decade. But African-American and Latino men who have sex with men still face a very high risk of becoming infected. Stigma is one big reason.
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    Sharlene Adams bought a cigarette from a neighbor as she waited for a bus.
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    When Getting A Blood Pressure Cuff Takes All Day

    Feb 18, 2016
    Sharlene Adams has hypertension but no car, computer or credit card. Insurance will pay for a blood pressure cuff, but the many small hurdles in her life make getting one a time-consuming ordeal.

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