Samantha Artiga discusses research showing how several racial and ethnic groups continue to be underrepresented in U.S. medical schools.
Racial Disparities in Health Care
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Babies, Boats & Abstracts: An Insider’s Guide to Health Policy Conferences
Health economist Kosali Simon shares conference tips, stories and abstracts she’s excited for at AcademyHealth and ASHEcon.
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How Can Health Policy Researchers Measure Structural Racism?
Katy Backes Kozhimannil explores a review of how the impacts of structural racism have been studied in reproductive health.
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Why We Still Need More Detailed Data to Advance Health Equity
Samantha Artiga on one of the few analyses to look at how race and sex impact a person’s likelihood of dying from COVID-19.
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This Algorithm Can Help Docs Better ID Pain in Black Patients
Bapu Jena breaks down research on a new algorithm that could better identify causes of pain in Black patients that radiologists regularly miss.
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How Tech Can Shrink Racial Disparities in Medicine
Kosali Simon on research showing how digital tools shrunk the number of unnecessary amputations among Black diabetics.
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Can Improved Public Health Messaging Address COVID-19 Disparities?
Amy Finkelstein on a study evaluating the impact of physician-delivered video messages on Black and Latinx people’s COVID knowledge and information-seeking behaviors.
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How Will Biden’s Fix for Child Poverty Affect Kids’ Health?
The American Rescue Plan includes monthly payments that could protect millions of kids from poverty — and the health risks that come with it.
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Data and Door Knocking: One City’s Push for Racial Equity in Vaccines
What Chicago can teach the rest of the country about distributing vaccines more equitably.
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Why are so many nursing home workers hesitant to get vaccinated, and what can be done to turn those numbers around?