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Racism in Academic Medicine Is Hindering Progress Toward Health Equity – California Health Report
Time and time again, scientific reports and surveys cite some version of the following findings: Black people have the worst health outcomes. Black...
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 ...
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...
Research shows racism takes a toll on the brain | Health
Racism has negatively impacted generations of people, leading to discrimination, lost economic opportunities, racist policing and incarceration, an...
Promote climate justice and end environmental racism
In honor of Coretta Scott King and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and at the start of Black History Month, YWCA Greenwich and 47 community partners sp...
Indian-American on panel to address racism, health discrimination
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New York– Indian-American health justice lawyer Priti Krishtel, along with four other US-based experts, has been na...
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