Year of News:

1. A key HIV-prevention tool isn’t reaching Black women, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Oct 20, 2023

   Stories on gaps in access to HIV-prevention drugs, diversifying clinical trials for breast cancer detection, discrimination faced by patients with sickle cell disease, an app that shares reviews from patients of color, and Medicare open enrollment.

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2. Could body cameras address medical racism concerns? And more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Aug 18, 2023

   Stories on the Medicaid unwinding, a novel solution to medical racism, concerns about new limits on salt, how heat makes inequities worse, and the health of Latino children in states with anti-immigrant policies.

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3. How maternal health aid misses those most at risk, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Jun 30, 2023

   Stories about maternal health and mortality, the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on medical care, how to replace race in clinical algorithms, health disparities among former NFL players, and ADHD under-diagnosis among Asian Americans.

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4. Extreme temperatures pose special risk to people with chronic illness, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Jul 22, 2022

   This week’s health news roundup features stories about how extreme heat can affect people with chronic conditions, a rise in mental health hotline calls in Connecticut after the national launch of 9-8-8, and more.

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5. Disparities in breast cancer and kidney transplants, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Jun 11, 2021

   Telemedicine a blessing for some, inaccessible for others
   Cara Rosner, Connecticut Health I-Team, June 7
   Telehealth has helped connect patients to…

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6. 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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7. 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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8. COVID’s shadow health crisis, how to fix vaccine and life expectancy disparities, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Feb 26, 2021

   Missed doctors’ appointments have created COVID’s shadow health crisis, experts say 
   Emma Court, Bloomberg, Feb. 9
   During a year when many…

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9. Food insecurity and COVID-19, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Oct 02, 2020

   Food insecurity in the U.S. by the numbers
   Christianna Silva, NPR, September 27
   With COVID-19 continuing to spread, and millions of Americans still…

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10. Why our nation’s outbreak preparedness is a health equity issue, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Mar 06, 2020

    HEALTH EQUITY

    Avoiding coronavirus may be a luxury some workers can’t afford
    Claire Cain Miller,…

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