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Section: Disparities
Disparities
Why Black & Hispanic Adults 65 & Older Should Get Vaccinated
Discussions surrounding health disparities within minority communities continuously focus on two issues: high percentages of heart disease and diabetes rates. The gaze is usually offset from a silent killer for Black and Hispanic adults over the ages of 65 and older – pneumococcal pneumonia. According to the CDC, pneumococcal disease kills about 18,000 adults 65 […]
August 9, 2016
Disparities
Camp Helps Kids Fighting Cancer
GRETNA, Nebraska — A smiling blond-haired boy slid down an inflatable water slide and sprayed Anisa Hoie as he flew by. “That’s great,” Hoie called out to him. “Awesome.” Hoie loves spotting big smiles at Camp CoHoLo, a summer camp for kids with cancer. The camp near Gretna marked its 32nd year this summer and […]
August 8, 2016
Disparities
UN Bungles Yellow Fever Response
KINSHASA, Congo — The World Health Organization and its partners shipped more than 6 million yellow fever vaccines to Angola in February to quash an emerging epidemic, yet when they asked country officials the following month what happened to the vaccines, they discovered that about 1 million doses had mysteriously disappeared. Of the shipments that […]
August 8, 2016
Disparities
Legislators Knew Pot Law Had Flaws, Senator Says
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Some apparently unconstitutional portions of Ohio’s medical marijuana law, which set aside a percentage of the state’s pot licenses for minorities, were spotted during legislative debate but left in the bill to gain needed votes, a key lawmaker says. State Sen. Bill Seitz, a Cincinnati Republican, said legally prickly provisions exposed by […]
July 26, 2016
Disparities
Family Sues Over Death Outside Hospital
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —The family of a Florida woman who died outside a hospital after she was forcibly removed by police has filed a federal lawsuit against those who forced her exit. Frances Scott, who is the personal representative of the estate of Barbara Dawson, filed it against Calhoun Liberty Hospital, including two of its former […]
July 21, 2016
Disparities
Black Doctors Ignore Distrust to Save Police Lives
DALLAS — When officers who’d been shot by a sniper in downtown Dallas started showing up at Parkland Memorial Hospital, trauma surgeon Dr. Brian H. Williams went to work, pushing aside the inner conflict he faces every day as a black man who’s fearful when encountering police. He sees the news about black men dying […]
July 19, 2016
Disparities
E.R. on S.D. Reservation Reopening
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A shuttered emergency room at a government-run hospital on South Dakota’s Rosebud Indian Reservation is reopening after seven months. Chris Buchanan, acting Great Plains area director for the Indian Health Service, told tribal officials in an email that the facility was reopening July 15, the Argus Leader newspaper reported. It’s been […]
July 19, 2016
Disparities
Poll: Most Expect Better Life Under Clinton
WASHINGTON — Americans have mixed feelings on which presidential candidate will do better on health care, trade, the economy, terrorism and other important issues. But when they simply consider whether they personally would be better off, they prefer the presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton. The latest Associated Press-GfK poll shows that Americans are more likely […]
July 19, 2016
Disparities
Rural Clinic Provides Care to Underserved
SILVER CITY, N.M. — Beatrice Resendiz grew up in this small town of miners, artists and college students near the Gila National Forest. A diabetic, she set aside her own needs to work, care for her four granddaughters and help minister to her mother, who had Alzheimer’s disease. Only when Resendiz ended up in the […]
July 14, 2016
Disparities
Congress Probes Indian Health Service
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Members of Congress are questioning the longstanding staffing and management shortcomings that have led to poor health care services at government-run facilities caring for Native Americans across the country. The hearing July 12 in Washington of the House subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs focused on proposed legislation that […]
July 13, 2016
Disparities
Maine Residency Program Promotes Preventative Health
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine Medical Center is leaning on the power of plants to grow a crop the state could always use more of — doctors. A new preventive medicine residency program at the hospital hopes to build up the number of doctors in the state who are dedicated to helping Mainers avoid disease through […]
July 12, 2016
Disparities
Hospital and IHS Partner Against Cancer
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Roswell Park Cancer Institute is part of a new collaboration targeting cancer in Native American and Alaska Native communities. The Buffalo hospital will work with the Indian Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under an agreement that focuses on cancer prevention and research. Roswell Park researcher […]
July 12, 2016
Disparities
N.M. Region Lacks Maternity Facilities
LAS VEGAS, N.M. — Four months after Alta Vista Regional Hospital shuttered its labor, delivery and pediatric services with only six days’ notice to patients and providers, the Las Vegas region’s only hospital is still struggling to find medical staff needed to help pregnant women deliver babies close to home. The investor— owned hospital has […]
July 12, 2016
Disparities
Medical Marijuana Company to Sponsor Gathering
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A medical marijuana company operating in New Mexico and Arizona has signed on as a sponsor of one of North America’s largest powwows. Gathering of Nations organizers announced their partnership with Ultra Health this week, saying it’s similar to health and dental clinics at previous powwows. Founder Derek Mathews told Albuquerque television […]
July 12, 2016
Disparities
Planned Parenthood Seeks Repeal of Abortion Rule
MADISON, Wis. — Planned Parenthood and Democratic lawmakers has called on the Republican— led Wisconsin Legislature to strike an abortion restriction from the state’s legal code even though the U.S. Supreme Court struck it down last week, rendering it unenforceable. The Supreme Court overturned a similar Texas statute requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges […]
July 12, 2016
Disparities
Black Males: “Will I Be the Next Hashtag?”
PHILADELPHIA — Javon Grant has come up with a plan for what to do should he cross paths with a police officer: Get as far away as possible. “People are getting shot every day,” says Javon, 14. “I’ll walk on the other side of the street. I will run. I don’t know what they’re gonna […]
July 12, 2016
Disparities
UND Gets Grants for Health Fields
BISMARCK, N.D. —The University of North Dakota is getting $640,000 to provide scholarships to disadvantaged students pursuing degrees in health care, nursing and other health professions. North Dakota’s congressional delegation says the money comes from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. Officials say North Dakota will have 4,430 registered nurse openings by 2020.
July 7, 2016
Disparities
Pilots’ Work: Rescue the Ill from South Pole
WASHINGTON — It was so dark it was like being locked in a closet. It was almost cold enough to damage crucial plane parts. The flight in a small, overloaded bush plane to the South Pole was nine hours each way and there was nothing in between. So to the outside world the Antarctic rescue […]
July 7, 2016
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