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During the pandemic, health care providers began prescribing abortion pills without requiring in-person exams. This practice could help people access the care they need when abortion rights are in limbo.
Only 3.7% of people in the U.S. with hearing difficulty own hearing aids. Thanks to a federal law in progress of being implemented, OTC hearing aids may help bridge the gap.
Microaggressions are more subtle than outright discrimination. But they can directly affect HIV treatment outcomes.
Researchers had suspected that chemical hair relaxers might be behind racial disparities in breast cancer diagnoses. A new study narrows in on lye as a possible cause for that link.
People who haven’t gotten vaccinated for COVID-19 often have complex reasons for their relunctance or may face other barriers. Lumping them all together undercuts the vaccination campaign.
A survey finds that hardship disparities across racial and ethnic groups have persisted throughout the pandemic.
Though COVID-19 has killed Black Americans at nearly twice the rate as white Americans, Black people are the least likely racial group to say they’re eager to get the vaccine.
Pluralism — the active process of inclusion — could reduce disparities in some of the most pressing health issues of our time.
Prostate cancer outcomes have differed between black men and other ethnic groups for decades. Could improving the way doctors talk and share information with black patients make a difference?
Gaps in care and outcomes between African-Americans and white patients is a major concern to those who care about fairness in health care. Gaps in care also exist at end of life, too.
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Howard University
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Professor, Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia
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Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, and Director Public Policy and Strategic Partnerships, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Professor of Nursing, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor of English, affiliate with Africana Studies and Women's & Gender Studies, Clark University
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Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology, University of Florida
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Sociologist, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor and Chair of Anthropology, San Diego State University
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Community and Public Health; Executive Director, Southeast Idaho Area Health Education Center, Institute of Rural Health, Idaho State University, Idaho State University
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Assistant Professor of Biocultural Medical Anthropology, University of Alabama
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Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
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Professor of Audiology, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
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Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science, University of California, San Francisco
