Year of News:

1. Labs remove race from kidney disease diagnosis, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Dec 02, 2022

   This week’s Health News Roundup features stories about how labs are removing race as a factor in kidney disease diagnosis, increased demand for housing aid in CT, and more.

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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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