Latest News for: health disparities

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Gutting US health agency will allow for private sector takeover, experts warn

The Observer 30 Mar 2025
... Americans sicker,” Dr Chris Pernell, director of the NAACP’s Center for Health Equity, said in a statement, arguing it would worsen already vast health disparities between white and Black Americans.
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Health officials say federal cuts will hurt Texas’ measles response

Caller Times 30 Mar 2025
DSHS was notified that the federal grant funding for Immunization/COVID, Epidemiology Laboratory Capacity (ELC/COVID), and Health Disparities/COVID, is terminated as of March 24, 2025,” according to ...
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‘Everyday discrimination’ linked to increased anxiety and depression across all groups of Americans

Alternet 30 Mar 2025
I’m a professor who specializes in community health ... Understanding how discrimination affects health for all can lead to policies and programs targeting root causes of mental health disparities and the rising rates of depression and anxiety.
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‘Everyday discrimination’ linked to increased anxiety, depression across all groups of Americans

Deccan Herald 30 Mar 2025
... to policies and programs targeting root causes of mental health disparities and the rising rates of depression and anxiety.</p>.<p>Discrimination isn’t just a Black versus white issue.
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Democrats still push diversity bills: 'We're not going to fade into the woodwork'

Usatoday 29 Mar 2025
Some Democratic lawmakers, hoping to restore rights and protect people of diverse backgrounds, are supporting bills this Congress to address disparities in health care, combat discrimination and level the playing field for women and people of color.
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Vermont to Lose Millions as Part of Federal Grant Cuts

Seven Days 28 Mar 2025
For the state Department of Health, the cuts will terminate roughly $7 million in federal grants that have been used to track infectious disease, improve access to vaccines and address health disparities ... Health and Human Services Department.
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A remote Australian town seeks a doctor, offering a $400,000 salary and free rent

Newsday 28 Mar 2025
In neighboring New Zealand — where 5 million people live in a country the size of the United Kingdom — distances between far-flung towns have worsened health disparities.
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Remote Australian town seeks a doctor, offers $400,000 salary and free rent

Manila Bulletin 28 Mar 2025
In neighboring New Zealand — where 5 million people live in a country the size of the United Kingdom — distances between far-flung towns have worsened health disparities.
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Remote Australian town seeking doctor offers $400,000 salary and free rent

The Los Angeles Times 28 Mar 2025
In neighboring New Zealand — where 5 million people live in a country the size of the United Kingdom — distances between far-flung towns have worsened health disparities.
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Meet the 14 East Ramapo 'sheroes' who boost school district, kids and public education

Lohud 28 Mar 2025
The 2025 Regent Judith Johnson Sheroes Awards. 2025 Regent Judith Johnson Sheroes Award recipients talk about receiving the award ... Mery Mora ... East Ramapo graduate; biomedical engineer; public health expert dedicated to reducing healthcare disparities.
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Making our rights disappear: The authoritarian war on due process

San Diego Union-Tribune 28 Mar 2025
“If Trump can disappear them, he can disappear you.”—Robert Reich. The war on due process is here. No trials. No hearings. No rights. Just indefinite detention and secret deportations ... As a Black doctor, I know health disparities exist and value DEI ... .
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University of Michigan gender-based research projects on Trump chopping block

Michigan Live 27 Mar 2025
... of Health, including two of the same amount for one project, , ranging in topics from HIV prevention in transgender women to male partners to cancer-related health disparities among gender minorities.
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Amid plummeting diversity at medical schools, a warning of DEI crackdown’s ‘chilling effect’

The Saratogian 27 Mar 2025
... or gets worse, it could have long-term consequences for patient care, academic experts said, pointing toward the vast racial disparities in health outcomes in the U.S., particularly for Black people.
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Commentary: Law-and-order approach could combat retail theft

Grand Forks Herald 27 Mar 2025
McFeely ... 11h ago. Froma Harrop ... 4d ago ... Public health experts further emphasize that closures exacerbate the healthcare disparities these communities often experience by limiting access to medications and essential health services for those most in need.
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Here's why a Texas lawmaker is threatening to defund UT if it keeps LGBTQ, gender studies

Austin American-Statesman 27 Mar 2025
... UT was spurred by an event hosted by the Department of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies on disparities in health outcomes and gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary people of color.
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