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Letter: Addressing racial health inequities
12 Feb 2025 08:22 GMT
… essential at a time when racial disparities in health outcomes
remain stark, especially … and bias within healthcare systems, not merely individual health choices or … practice.
She works with policymakers, healthcare providers, and community organizations to …
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A Community-Based Intervention for Mental Health and Wellbeing in Pregnancy and Postpartum: One Healthy Start Site’s Story
12 Feb 2025 00:21 GMT
… 27 However, when healthcare providers demonstrate caring and … justice by addressing racial disparities in pregnancy and … al. Integrated perinatal mental health care: a national model of … health: prioritizing maternal mental health to optimize infant health …
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Lawmakers propose grants to mental health, addiction services that close racial disparities in care
10 Feb 2025 18:03 GMT
Services that help address long-standing ethnic disparities in mental health care could gain access to a $3.5 million grant program under a proposal from two Democratic state lawmakers.
Sen. Rosalind Osgood of Tamarac and Rep. Mitch Rosenwald of Pompano …
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Study: Most children recover within 6 months after severe MIS-C following COVID-19 infection
13 Feb 2025 00:02 GMT
… both heart function and overall health. The findings, published in … , this new study examined health outcomes over a 6-month … data on heart function, overall health, and quality of life.
… study.
The study also highlighted racial disparities in MIS-C outcomes. …
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Trump slashes medical research funded by the National Institutes of Health
11 Feb 2025 01:14 GMT
… references to gender identity and racial disparities. This widespread censorship prevents … established in 1798 to provide medical care to sick and disabled … government healthcare programs, and disinformation campaigns surrounding vaccines and public health …
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Cancer deaths falling overall, but rising in women under 50 while racial disparities persist
07 Feb 2025 17:15 GMT
CLEVELAND, Ohio — While cancer death rates are falling overall, the rising incidence of cancer in young and middle-aged women is placing a burden on family caregivers, according to the American Cancer Society’s annual report on cancer facts and trends.
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Color-blind racial ideology linked to different romantic preferences for White and Black young adults
12 Feb 2025 18:19 GMT
A new study found that White young adults who accept color-blind racial ideology tend to show greater romantic attraction to White individuals, while Black young adults who are more accepting of this ideology tend to show lower romantic attraction to Black …
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Black Lives Matter NH maternal health conference brings disparities into focus
10 Feb 2025 00:44 GMT
… health in New Hampshire – and address glaring racial disparities … happening with Black maternal health,” said Tanisha Johnson, … disparities – including among health care providers – while also … that could improve maternal health: extending Medicaid coverage …
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Racial gap widened in deaths among US mothers around childbirth in 2023
06 Feb 2025 13:13 GMT
… levels overall but racial gaps widened, according to federal health data released Wednesday … racism and unequal access [to medical care] ... came right back into place …
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Racial gap widened in deaths among U.S. moms around childbirth
06 Feb 2025 11:16 GMT
… levels overall but racial gaps widened, according to federal health data released Wednesday …