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  1. Boston hospital helps breastfeeding Black moms, babies thrive, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Sep 16, 2022

    This week’s Health News Roundup features stories about how a Boston hospital is aiming to increase breastfeeding among Black people, barriers to eliminating hepatitis C that go beyond cost, and more.

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  2. The importance of tracking the pandemic by race, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Apr 03, 2020

    A NOTE TO OUR READERS

    We hope this finds you safe and healthy. The current pandemic…

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  3. Health equity and COVID-19

    Friday, Mar 27, 2020

    A NOTE TO OUR READERS

    We hope this finds you safe and healthy. The current pandemic…

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  4. What the U.S. can learn from Taiwan’s single-payer health care system, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Jan 17, 2020

    HEALTH DISPARITIES

    Race and medicine: The harm that comes from mistrust

    Austin Frakt, The New York…

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  5. The “mega-disparity” people ignore, health care costs eating into workers’ budgets, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, May 03, 2019

    HEALTH DISPARITIES
    Diabetic amputations a ‘shameful metric’ of inadequate care
    Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News, April 26
    Blacks and Latinos…

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  6. Mental health in schools, what barbershops can teach us about health care, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, May 25, 2018

    health equity
    School-based mental health centers play vital role for Hispanic and black students
    Cara Rosner, Connecticut Health Investigative Team,…

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  7. 5 things you should know about school-based health centers

    Thursday, Mar 08, 2018

    Today’s blog is written by Jesse White-Fresé, the executive director of the CT Association of School Based Health Centers.
    For over 30 years,…

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  8. Week of February 26, 2018

    Friday, Mar 02, 2018

    HEALTH EQUITY
    Efforts aimed at boosting diversity in healthcare leadership fail to make progress
    Shelby Livingston, Modern Healthcare, February…

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  9. Week of February 12, 2018

    Friday, Feb 16, 2018

    health equity
    The Health of Dreamers
    Vanessa Lopez and Tim K. Mackey, Health Affairs Blog, February 14 Dreamers, the young adults who were brought…

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  10. Week of January 22, 2018

    Friday, Jan 26, 2018

    health care access
    ‘Pharmacy deserts’ a growing health concern in Chicago, experts, residents say
    Ese Olumhense and Nausheen Husain, Chicago…

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