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  1. Anti-Racism Resources

    Tuesday, Dec 14, 2021

    These are resources related to learning about racism and how to take action.

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  2. Pandemic recovery highlights inequities, and more in this week’s roundup

    Thursday, Oct 14, 2021

    This week’s Health News Roundup features new data highlighting inequities in Connecticut’s pandemic recovery, a new study about disparities in COVID-19 treatment, and more.

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  3. The practice of ‘race-norming’ in the NFL, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Jun 04, 2021

    NFL pledges to halt ‘race-norming,’ review Black claims 
    Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press, June 2
    The NFL recently pledged to stop the use of…

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  4. A new tool to track health disparities, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, May 28, 2021

    A new tool tracks health disparities in the U.S. — and highlights major data gaps
    Katie Palmer, STAT, May 26
    The pandemic has reinforced the…

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  5. Blaming Black deaths in policy custody on a genetic trait, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, May 21, 2021

    How a genetic trait in Black people can give the police cover 
    Michael LaForgia and Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, The New York Times, May 15
    The…

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  6. To understand why COVID-19 killed so many young Black men, you need to know the legend of John Henry, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Jan 08, 2021

    How COVID-19 hollowed out a generation of young Black men
    Akilah Johnson, Nina Martin, ProPublica, December 22
    While COVID-19 has killed 1 out of…

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  7. The powerful message of Black women being among the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Dec 18, 2020

    Of course women of color were among the first to get vaccinated 
    Chabeli Carrazana, Barbara Rodriguez, The 19th, December 15
    In hospitals across…

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  8. Black-owned businesses have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Dec 11, 2020

    Minority businesses: Wounded by COVID, but key to inclusive revival
    Tom Condon, The Connecticut Mirror, December 7
    Black-owned businesses, which are…

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  9. What states can learn from the Cherokee Nation about curbing the spread of COVID-19, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Nov 20, 2020

    How the COVID-19 pandemic has been curtailed in Cherokee Nation
    Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, November 17
    The Cherokee Nation provides a good example of…

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  10. Should people in hard-hit communities of color receive priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine? And more in this week’s roundup

    Thursday, Nov 12, 2020

    Health experts want to prioritize people of color for a COVID-19 vaccine. But how should it be done?
    Nicholas St. Fleur, STAT, November 9
    As the…

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