Posts Tagged ‘healthcare’
Milwaukee helping shape a national conversation on racism as a public health crisis
Inequality can be deadly.
Milwaukee was among the first counties to reveal how deadly when the coronavirus pandemic struck just over a year ago. By tracking and publicly sharing demographic data, officials here quickly recognized what soon became a troubling national trend: COVID-19 was devastating Black and Latino communities. Milwaukee County was one of the very first in the country to explicitly track this data based on race.The data has helped determine where resources would be directed, including when it came to testing and vaccinations.
Read MoreCOVID Black is using data and creating space to honor Black lives lost to virus
Kim Gallon creates a digital space, COVID Black, to memorialize each individual Black life that has been lost in the pandemic. COVID Black is intended to be a space of healing and create conversations about the future of Black health.
Read MoreDr. Anthony Fauci Appeals to Black Community: ‘The Vaccine That You’re Going to Be Taking Was Developed by an African American Woman’
With skepticism about the safety and efficacy of a COVID-19 vaccine running high among African Americans, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, wants Black people to know that a Black woman, Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, was heavily involved in developing one of the vaccines that will soon be available to Americans later this month.
Read MoreRep. Adam Schiff: It’s time to end racial bias in our health care system
U.S. Rep. Schiff has introduced the Equal Health Care for All Act, a civil rights approach to bringing equity to health care. The past few months have seen an outpouring of demands for change and an end to structural and systemic racism that has been emblematic of our nation for far too long. But even as we work collectively on issues like police brutality and income inequality, we can’t turn our attention away from another form of injustice – inequality in health care and patient outcomes.
Read MoreObamacare Enrollment Surging With Last-Minute Sign-Ups
Although registering for coverage through HealthCare.gov has not always been a smooth process, Americans continue to do so.
Read MoreUnequal Pain Relief in the Emergency Room
A new report reveals that children of color typically have to wait longer for pain relief when seeking emergency treatment.
Read MoreToo Many African-American Babies Born Too Soon
Black babies are more likely than their counterparts to be born premature, although it isn’t always clear this is the case.
Read MoreStudy: Heart Drug Propranolol Makes People Less Racist
One beta blocker drug intended for cardiovascular health has a surprising side effect on the brain: decreased racial bias.
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