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Racism Brings Worse Heart Health for Black Women
…disease than their counterparts who had not experienced such structural racism.
Structural racism refers to the ways that a society fosters ...
The Health Equity Movement and the of Reimagining American Healthcare
The pandemic and the murder of George Floyd brought to national attention inequities in the provisioning of healthcare that for generations endange...
- Gary Puckrein
Returning to a Deadly Old Normal: CDC Reports Deadly Flu Season as Pre-Pandemic Numbers Return
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates between 25 to 51 million flu illnesses as well as 18,000 to 56,000 flu deaths occurred b...
- Adjoa Kyerematen
Opinion: It’s Time to Address One of the Leading Causes of Health Care Complications: Racism
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Kira Johnson died 10 hours after a routine C-section in 2016 at a Los Angeles hospital. The medical cause — and the subject of her...
The Rio Grande Valley’s Alzheimer’s Spike among Latinos is Focus of New Research Efforts
In the United States, the older population (65 years and older) is rapidly growing. With advanced age being a key risk factor for developing dement...
- FYH News Team
Otis Brawley & Robert Winn discuss the killing of Tyre Nichols and the power dynamics in policing—and health care
With the recent killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, it has caused us to again reexamine the structural bias and racism present in policing and othe...
- FYH News Team
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