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  1. The data that could help patients of color pick their doctors, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Oct 13, 2023

    Stories on the data that could be valuable in consumer ratings of health care providers, concerns about inequities in COVID vaccination, the uneven toll of the U.S. mental health crisis, and a new study of risk factors for sudden cardiac arrest in an understudied group.

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  2. A ‘completely preventable’ health crisis, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Sep 01, 2023

    Stories about a preventable health crisis, the health access challenges facing undocumented residents, the toll of health inequities in Connecticut, and a new finding about Parkinson’s disease rooted in diversifying genetic research.

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  3. Global health database holds clues to addressing inequality, and more in this week’s roundup

    Thursday, Apr 27, 2023

    Stories on efforts to increase diversity in medicine, breast cancer screening for Black women, a huge new global health database, and concerns about how government use of AI can lead to bias.

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  4. Studies find disparities in hospital restraint use, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Feb 24, 2023

    Studies find disparities in the use of restraints on patients in emergency departments and in the accuracy of stroke-prediction tools. Important news for those with HUSKY. Plus a look at why there aren’t more Black doctors in the U.S.

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  5. Grants will support outreach on race, ethnicity, and language data

    Monday, Jan 09, 2023

    The Connecticut Health Foundation awarded 24 grants totaling nearly $1.17 million in the fourth quarter of 2022.

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  6. Grant will support outreach on the importance of race, ethnicity, and language data in health care

    Thursday, Oct 06, 2022

    Connecticut Health Foundation awards 20 grants totaling $685,000

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  7. Diabetes diagnoses doubled for Black youth during the pandemic, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Sep 23, 2022

    This week’s Health News Roundup features stories about a new study that shows diabetes diagnoses doubled for Black youth during the pandemic, new survey data about food insecurity in Connecticut, and more.

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  8. How a race-based medical formula is keeping some Black men in prison, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Apr 29, 2022

    This week’s Health News Roundup features stories about a race-based medical formula being used in courts, caution about publicizing health care providers’ demographic data, and more.

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  9. CT had among highest telehealth usage in 2020, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Dec 10, 2021

    This week’s news roundup features stories about CT’s high telehealth usage, challenges pediatricians are facing when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine for kids, and more.

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  10. Improving equity in cancer screening, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Dec 03, 2021

    This week’s roundup features stories about why we must improve equity in cancer screening and more.

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