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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    HEALTH EQUITY

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

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