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Watch: ‘Silence in Sikeston & The Effects of Racial Violence’
KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony appeared in a two-part special of Nine PBS’ “Listen, St. Louis with Carol…
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Por qué se habla de discriminación racial al tomar el nivel de oxígeno
OAKLAND, California – El paciente tendría poco más de 60 años y era un hombre afroamericano con enfisema. El oxímetro…
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FDA’s Promised Guidance on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely To End Decades of Racial Bias
OAKLAND, Calif. — The patient was in his 60s, an African American man with emphysema. The oximeter placed on his…
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Kids missed out on learning to swim during pandemic, widening racial and ethnic disparities
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Nearly three out of four kids in Chicago had no swimming lessons in the summer of…
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Journalists Weigh In on Racial Trauma, Medicaid Expansion, and Opioid Settlements
KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony discussed healing from racial trauma on “America’s Heroes Group” on Sept. 20. Click…
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How wildfire smoke exposure is measured doesn’t capture long-term health effects and hides racial disparities
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Kids born in 2020 worldwide will experience twice the number of wildfires during their lifetimes compared…
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No One Wants To Talk About Racial Trauma. Why My Family Broke Our Silence.
SIKESTON, Mo. — I wasn’t sure if visiting a cotton field was a good idea. Almost everyone in my family…
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Racial differences identified in frequency of biopsy for psoriasis
There are racial differences in the frequency of skin biopsy for psoriasis, indicating diagnostic uncertainty, according to a research letter…
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Eliminating racial disparities in follow-up colonoscopy rates would reduce colon cancer incidence and death rates: Study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that eliminating the race…
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