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鈥榃e鈥檙e Not Doing That鈥: Why a Black Couple Wouldn鈥檛 Crowdfund to Pay Off Medical Debts
Kristie Fields, a cancer patient in Virginia, was urged to go public to seek financial help. She worried about feeding hurtful stereotypes.
Advocates Call for 911 Changes. Police Have Mixed Feelings.
Though most California counties are experimenting with dispatching health professionals rather than law enforcement to respond to people experiencing mental health crises, powerful police unions fear defunding.
Black, Rural Southern Women at Gravest Risk From Pregnancy Miss Out on Maternal Health Aid
A federal program meant to reduce maternal and infant mortality in rural areas isn鈥檛 reaching Black women who are most likely to die from pregnancy-related causes.
Escasez cr贸nica de salvavidas resalta desigualdades raciales
Cuando las autoridades locales toman decisiones sobre el cierre de piscinas o la reducci贸n de horarios, lo hacen sabiendo que la nataci贸n tiene un tenso historial de desigualdades raciales.
Chronic Lifeguard Shortage Serves as Springboard to Address Racial Inequities
Cities and towns are again in deep waters this summer trying to hire enough lifeguards to open their public pools. Many are proceeding with sensitivity to issues of race and ethnicity.
Cardiovascular Disease Is Primed to Kill More Older Adults, Especially Blacks and Hispanics
Cardiovascular disease is the biggest killer of older Americans, with Black and Hispanic people at higher risk. Despite medical advances, researchers say, disparities are expected to worsen in the coming decades.
Mammograms at 40? Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Spark Fresh Debate
There is no direct evidence that screening women in their 40s will save lives, yet modeling suggests expanding routine mammography to include them might avert 1.3 deaths per 1,000. Highlighting the risk of false positives, some specialists call for a more personalized approach.
La enfermedad cardiovascular podr铆a matar a m谩s adultos mayores hispanos
El dram谩tico envejecimiento de la poblaci贸n de Estados Unidos y el n煤mero creciente de personas con afecciones como hipertensi贸n, diabetes y obesidad 鈥攓ue aumentan el riesgo card铆aco鈥 se espera que contribuyan a este escenario alarmante.
驴Mamograf铆as a los 40? Nueva pauta para la detecci贸n del c谩ncer de seno genera debate
Algunos m茅dicos e investigadores que est谩n interesados en un enfoque m谩s individualizado para encontrar tumores problem谩ticos se muestran esc茅pticos y plantean preguntas sobre los datos y el razonamiento detr谩s del cambio radical del Grupo de Trabajo de Servicios Preventivos de Estados Unidos
California鈥檚 Fentanyl Problem Is Getting Worse
State lawmakers have recently been debating whether and how to stiffen punishments for dealers, while Gov. Gavin Newsom is targeting fentanyl trafficking and distributing more naloxone. The problem, experts say, is one with no easy or clear answers.
Se agrava la crisis del fentanilo en California
Impulsadas en gran medida por la prevalencia del fentanilo, un opioide sint茅tico hasta 100 veces m谩s potente que la morfina, las sobredosis de drogas en California matan ahora a m谩s del doble de personas que los accidentes de tr谩fico.
A Striking Gap Between Deaths of Black and White Babies Plagues the South
Infant mortality rates across the South are by far the worst in the U.S. A look at South Carolina 鈥 where multimillion-dollar programs aimed at improving rates over the past 10 years have failed to move the needle 鈥 drives home the challenge of finding solutions, especially in rural communities.
Study Reveals Staggering Toll of Being Black in America: 1.6M Excess Deaths Over 22 Years
The profound and painful loss 鈥 80 million years of life, compared with the white population 鈥 is a call to action to improve the health of Black Americans, especially infants, mothers, and seniors, researchers say.
El trabajo en Chicago, Philadelphia, Los 脕ngeles y Nueva York hall贸 que los ni帽os negros no hispanos ten铆an 100 veces m谩s probabilidades que los blancos no hispanos de ser v铆ctimas de tiroteos mortales y no mortales.
Gun Assault Rates Doubled for Children in 4 Major Cities During the Pandemic, New Data Shows
A study of roughly 2,700 shootings in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia found that racial disparities in gun injuries and deaths widened during the covid-19 pandemic. Researchers looked only at assaults, excluding accidents or incidents of self-harm.
The Nation鈥檚 Health Secretary Has This Doctor on Call
Carolina Reyes, a physician who specializes in high-risk pregnancies, says providers and health systems have a role in tackling systemic racism. She鈥檚 also married to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.
As US Life Expectancy Falls, Experts Cite the Health Impacts of Incarceration
In a nation with one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, imprisonment speeds the aging process, research shows. Some experts complain the federal government isn鈥檛 collecting or releasing data that could identify disease patterns and prevent deaths.
How One Patient鈥檚 Textured Hair Nearly Kept Her From a Needed EEG
An EEG can help diagnose conditions like epilepsy, sleep disorders, and brain tumors. But a design flaw and outdated Eurocentric practices make the test less effective on thicker, denser, and curly hair types, potentially excluding or deterring some people from getting screened.
Programa forma m茅dicos multiculturales, pero no siempre ejercen en 谩reas vulnerables
Investigadores han descubierto que el programa ha logrado diversificar la inscripci贸n, pero no hay suficiente seguimiento a largo plazo para saber si estos graduados ejercen en las regiones donde m谩s se necesitan.
A California Physician Training Program Adds Diversity, but Where Do Graduates End Up?
Researchers found that, while a University of California medical training program has diversified the system鈥檚 pool of medical students, there鈥檚 not enough long-term data to know whether graduates return to practice where they鈥檙e needed most.
