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Richard Parsons, former Time Warner CEO and Citigroup chairman, dies at 76
NEW YORK CITY — Richard Parsons, the former Time Warner CEO and one of the most prominent Black executives in…
Trash incinerators disproportionately harm Black and Hispanic people
MIAMI — When leaders of Florida’s most populous county met in September to pick a site for what could become…
Black adults with long COVID report higher levels of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts: new research
By Janelle R. Goodwill, University of Chicago and Tiwaloluwa Ajibewa, Northwestern UniversityBlack adults living with long COVID pointed to challenges…
African men most at risk of prostate cancer – new study flags genetic causes
By Wenlong Carl Chen, University of the Witwatersrand A breakthrough study has identified the genetic risk factors that contribute to…
Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress.
By Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam, California Healthline October 28, 2024 KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a…
FDA’s promised rules on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias
By Arthur Allen, California Healthline OAKLAND, Calif. — The patient was in his 60s, an African American man with emphysema. The…
Half of Black gay men will be diagnosed with HIV, despite highly effective preventive treatments − why?
By Oluwafemi Atanda Adeagbo, University of Iowa and Joy Edeh, University of Iowa At a pharmacy in Iowa, a 42-year-old…
Mpox cases are soaring in Africa – what must be done to prevent a global pandemic
By Cheryl Walter, University of Hull Alarmed by the surge in mpox cases, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and…
Exercise is key for Parkinson’s relief. But bias, underdiagnosis hold Black patients back.
By Elizabeth Cohen, California Healthline A few years ago, the organizers of one of the largest U.S. exercise programs for…