No, Latinos Don’t Actually Have Less Heart Disease – a New Large Study Refutes the Longstanding ‘Latino Paradox’
By Olveen Carrasquillo, University of Miami The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea
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Race, Gender and the Ways These Identities Intersect Matter in Cancer Outcomes
By Timothy Pawlik, The Ohio State University; Elizabeth Palmer, The Ohio State University, and Samilia Obeng-Gyasi, The Ohio State University
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In 2013, Katrece Nolen, a 47-year-old Black woman in Northern Virginia, noticed one of her breasts felt swollen. She called
Read moreAntimicrobial Resistance Is Bad News for Everyone, but May Hurt Some Communities More Than Others
When Terry Bravo had a urinary tract infection in 2018, she took her mother’s unused antibiotics, left over from a
Read moreObesity Among Black Women: Fighting the Disease Through Community
April is National Minority Health Month. For Michele Tedder, fighting obesity has been a lifelong journey. Despite years of trying
Read moreNew Report Finds U.S. Women Have the Highest Rate of Maternal Deaths Among High-Income Countries
From The Commonwealth Fund The maternal mortality crisis in the United States has been well documented: U.S. women have the
Read moreTransgender People of Color Face Unique Challenges as Gender Discrimination and Racism Intersect
By Gabriel Lockett, University of Florida; Jules Sostre, University of Florida, and Roberto L. Abreu, University of Florida Throughout history,
Read moreI Was Bleeding to Death on the Bathroom Floor — While the Medics Insisted I Couldn’t Afford the Ambulance Ride
As told to Erica Rimlinger One evening during my senior year of college in Texas, I was hanging out at
Read moreWhat’s Sexual Orientation Got to Do With It? LGTBQ People Face Discrimination in Healthcare
March 21 to March 25 is National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week. At age 28, Laura Silverstein tripped while running, dislocating
Read moreThe Sex of Your Cells Matters When It Comes to Heart Disease
By Heart tissue with XX chromosomes has a higher concentration of cells (colored green, with blue nuclei) that promote scarring
Read moreWhy Millions on Medicaid Are at Risk of Losing Coverage in the Months Ahead
By Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News The Biden administration and state officials are bracing for a great unwinding: millions of
Read moreHow the Pandemic’s Unequal Toll on People of Color Underlines US Health Inequities – and Why Solving Them Is so Critical
By Abubakarr Jalloh, Hollins University From the earliest days of the pandemic, COVID-19 has wrought a far higher toll in
Read moreWhy Addressing Racism Against Black Women in Health Care Is Key to Ending the US HIV Epidemic
By Nabila El-Bassel, Columbia University Forty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Black women continue to bear the highest burden of
Read moreHIV Prevention Pill PrEP Is Now Free Under Most Insurance Plans – but the Latest Challenge to the Affordable Care Act Puts This Benefit at Risk
December 1 is World AIDS Day By Paul Shafer, Boston University and Kristefer Stojanovski, Tulane University Since the start of
Read moreA New, Lower Threshold for Lead Poisoning in Children Means More Kids Will Get Tested – but the Ultimate Solution Is Eliminating Lead Sources
Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its blood lead reference value – the
Read more‘They Treat Me Like I’m Old and Stupid’: Seniors Decry Health Providers’ Age Bias
By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News Joanne Whitney, 84, a retired associate clinical professor of pharmacy at the University of
Read moreChildren With Disabilities Face Special Back-to-School Challenges
By Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News LOS ANGELES — Christopher Manzo, a boy with curly brown hair and bright-blue-and-yellow
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We are honored to have Phyllis Greenberger on our team as senior vice president of policy, advocacy and science for
Read moreBritney’s Conservatorship Is One Example of How the Legacy of Eugenics in the US Continues to Affect the Lives of Disabled Women
By Michaela Kathleen Curran, University of Iowa Britney Spears has been locked in a court battle 13 years in the
Read moreCovid Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of Urbanites
By Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News Rural Americans are dying of covid at more than twice the rate of their
Read moreAre COVID-19 Boosters Ethical, With Half the World Waiting for a First Shot? A Bioethicist Weighs In
By Nancy S. Jecker, University of Washington Should countries that can afford COVID-19 booster vaccines offer them to residents if
Read moreAmerican Muslims Are at High Risk of Suicide – 20 Years Post-9/11, the Links Between Islamophobia and Suicide Remain Unexplored
By Amelia Noor-Oshiro, Johns Hopkins University This year, 9/11 holds a dual significance for Americans across the country. It not
Read more25-Year-Long Study of Black Women Links Frequent Use of Lye-Based Hair Relaxers to a Higher Risk of Breast Cancer
Kimberly Bertrand, Boston University The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Frequent and
Read moreBlack and Hispanic Americans Suffer Most in Biggest US Decline in Life Expectancy Since WWII
Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News Although James Toussaint has never had covid, the pandemic is taking a profound toll on
Read moreSome Hospitals Kept Suing Patients Over Medical Debt Through the Pandemic
by Jenny Deam, ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up
Read moreI Thought Weight-Loss Surgery Would End My Struggle With Obesity. Then I Found Out Maintaining a Healthy Body and Mind Is a Lifelong Commitment.
As told to Jackie Froeber In 2001, I was in the checkout aisle at the grocery store when I saw
Read moreLosing Weight Helped Heal Not Just My Body, But My Mind and Spirit, Too
As told to Kimberly Rex Before December 2017, I was anxious every time I had to ride on an airplane.
Read moreAn Anti-Vaccine Film Targeted to Black Americans Spreads False Information
By Will Stone, Kaiser Health News When a filmmaker asked medical historian Naomi Rogers to appear in a documentary, the
Read moreTrying to Avoid Racist Health Care, Black Women Seek out Black Obstetricians
In South Florida, when people want to find a Black physician, they often contact Adrienne Hibbert through her website, Black
Read moreClosing The Mental Health Gap for Women of Color
Francisca Porchas Coronado was just nine when she left her home in the Mexican state of Sonora, just south of
Read moreWhy Getting More People With Disabilities Developing Technology Is Good for Everyone
By Kristen Shinohara, Rochester Institute of Technology and Garreth Tigwell, Rochester Institute of Technology Unless you’re blind or know someone
Read moreWeight Stigma Is a Burden Around the World – and Has Negative Consequences Everywhere
By Rebecca Puhl, University of Connecticut Lazy. Unmotivated. No self-discipline. No willpower. These are just a few of the widespread
Read moreDeclaring Racism a Public Health Crisis Brings More Attention to Solving Long-Ignored Racial Gaps in Health
By Paul K. Halverson, IUPUI The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has joined hundreds of cities and counties across
Read moreDomestic Violence Calls for Help Increased During the Pandemic – but the Answers Haven’t Gotten Any Easier
By Tara N. Richards, University of Nebraska Omaha and Justin Nix, University of Nebraska Omaha Domestic violence rose globally in
Read moreNearly 60 Million Americans Don’t Drink Their Tap Water, Research Suggests – Here’s Why That’s a Public Health Problem
By Asher Rosinger, Penn State Imagine seeing a news report about lead contamination in drinking water in a community that
Read moreSyphilis Cases in California Drive a Record-Setting Year for STDs Nationwide
By April Dembosky, KQED, Kaiser Health News In certain circles of San Francisco, a case of syphilis can be as
Read moreHow Inequity Gets Built Into America’s Vaccination System
By Maryam Jameel and Caroline Chen, ProPublica. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Series: Coronavirus The U.S. Response to
Read moreBreaking Barriers to Pain Treatment
Ten years ago, Jaime Sanders launched The Migraine Diva, a blog to chronicle her experiences as a young Black woman
Read moreThe Price of Period Poverty
That time of the month. Aunt Flo. Monthly visitor. The crimson wave. It seems like everyone has a different nickname
Read moreFor Millions of Americans Enduring Chronic Pain, Support Is Overdue
Cindy Steinberg was seriously injured in an accident 20 years ago, but she still lives with pain every day. “I
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