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Could a Decline in Medical School Students of Color Affect Americans’ Health Outcomes?
March 19, 2025By Brian Smedley, Urban Wire In 2024, we saw a troubling decline in the number of American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, and Latinx medical students following the nationwide ban on race-conscious admissions. This reduction could worsen health care...
To Solve for Doctor Shortages, States Ease Licensing for Foreign-Trained Physicians
March 7, 2025By Arielle Zionts, NPR A growing number of states are making it easier for doctors who trained abroad to get medical licenses, a critical move that could help ease physician shortages, especially in rural areas. (Read...
Healing Racism’s Harms in Nursing
January 23, 2025Dr. Gail Christopher and collogues discuss the challenges and opportunities for creating a culture of equity within nursing. (Learn...
What the end of the CDC’s COVID vaccine access program means for uninsured Americans
September 12, 2024By Mary Kekatos, ABC News As we prepare for the upcoming fall and winter season, it's crucial to ensure that all Americans have access to updated COVID-19 vaccines. Unfortunately, federal funding cuts mean the end of the CDC's Bridge Access...
Native American Public Health Officials Are Stuck in Data Blind Spot
August 27, 2024By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, KFF Health News For decades, state and federal agencies have hindered tribes and tribal epidemiology centers from accessing crucial public health data. This blackout forces health workers in Native American communities...
A Lawmaker Proposed a Bill that would Ban DEI in Medical Schools. Doctors Say it Could Roll Back Progress Toward Improving Black Maternal Health.
May 30, 2024By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Medical schools, doctors and professors are speaking out against claims that their DEI programs are exclusionary. In fact, they were created to address racial disparities in medicine and combat the Black maternal health...
Mammograms are Now Recommended Starting at age 40. Should You Get One?
May 21, 2024By Katia Hetter, CNN The US Preventive Services Task Force has revised their guidelines on mammograms, advising women to start screening at age 40 and continue every other year until age 74. With cancer diagnoses on the rise among young people,...
Advancing Racial Equity in U.S. Health Care
May 9, 2024By David C. Radley, Arnav Shah, Sara R. Collins, Neil R. Powe, Laurie C. Zephyrin, The Commonweath Fund The latest analysis from The Commonwealth Fund has shed light on the deep racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare...
Food is Medicine
May 7, 2024By The Rockefeller Foundation Access to affordable, nutritious food is crucial for good health, yet many face barriers. Food is Medicine programs use food-based interventions to prevent, manage, and treat diet-related diseases. Integrating...
FDA Vows to Push Ban on Menthol Cigarettes, a Move it Says Could Save Black Lives
April 29, 2024FDA's vow to ban menthol cigarettes is a critical step towards saving Black lives. This overdue move will protect communities from the harmful use of tobacco. By Erin B. Logan, LA Times (Read...