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Disparities
Program Supports Women of Color Who Breastfeed
When Angela Mercado gave birth to her daughter nine weeks ago, she set the intention of breastfeeding for one year – a decision she felt confident in after meeting that goal with her son, now 3. Mercado gave birth to her first child in Germany during a military deployment. She recalled receiving advice from fellow […]
Disparities
D.C. Residents Protest Food Deserts
For long-time Ward 8 resident Delois McNeal, 70, the weekly task of restocking her refrigerator is a challenge. “I have to walk across the street to catch the W3 bus,” McNeal said. “It’s a shuttle bus that runs once every half an hour. If you miss that, you have to wait another half an hour […]
Disparities
Indian Health Deal Goes to Man Linked to Accusations
A company chosen to potentially operate emergency departments at four Native American hospitals in the Great Plains is led by a man whose former company paid $10 million to settle allegations of submitting false claims to Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs. John Shufeldt is the chief executive officer and chief medical officer of Tribal […]
Disparities
Senator Offers Bill to Repeal Opioid Law
Legislation introduced by a top Senate Democrat would repeal an Obama-era bill that critics say has dramatically restricted the ability of the Drug Enforcement Administration to crack down on opioid distributors suspected of wrongdoing. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), the ranking member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said her legislation is being […]
Other News
Hurricane Exposed “Inequalities and Injustices”
In rural and impoverished areas of Puerto Rico, a new day means a new search for food and safe water as the humanitarian crisis there continues to escalate. More than three weeks after Hurricane Maria, more than a quarter of homes in the U.S. territory lack clean water, about 85 percent are without electricity, and […]
Other News
Trump Backs Away from Deal on Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan deal from two U.S. senators to stabilize Obamacare by restoring subsidies to health insurers ran into trouble on Wednesday with President Donald Trump sending mixed signals and the speaker of the House indicating no interest in taking it up. The deal announced on Tuesday by Republican Lamar Alexander and Democrat […]
Blogs/Opinion
Warped Idea of Freedoms
The week began with the biggest gun massacre by a single person in American history. Fifty-eight more families know the shock and trauma that goes with a loved one dying in a hail of bullets. Over five hundred people were injured, and join the thousands whose lives will never really be the same. Tuesday was […]
Nursing
DACA Nursing Students Can’t Get Licenses
At least two Arkansas nursing colleges have informed current students who received federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals protections that they cannot obtain state professional licenses because of their legal status, officials said Friday. Read More
Disparities
Poor and Minority People Have Worse Home Health Care Outcomes
Home health is one of the fastest-growing sectors in Medicare, and the setting of a new federal value-based payment program, yet little is known about disparities in clinical outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries receiving home health care. We found that beneficiaries who were poor or Black had worse clinical outcomes in home health care than their […]
Disparities
Charts: The Flaw in the Birth Control Rule
On Friday, the Trump administration issued new rules that allow a wide range of employers and insurers to be exempt from the Affordable Care Act’s provision that grants women contraceptives without additional payments. The move may appeal to social conservatives who object to contraception, but is it a good idea from a medical perspective? Read […]
Disparities
Research Looks at Why Alzheimer’s Strikes Earlier Among Hispanics
Investigators at University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) in Fort Worth want to understand why people of Hispanic descent develop cognitive loss and Alzheimer’s disease earlier than non-Hispanics. Their new study, funded by a $12 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, aims to add knowledge on the early events that cause […]
Disparities
NIH Completes Atlas of DNA Distinctions
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have completed a detailed atlas documenting the stretches of human DNA that influence gene expression – a key way in which a person’s genome gives rise to an observable trait, like hair color or disease risk. This atlas is a critical resource for the scientific community interested […]
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