By Janelle R. Goodwill, University of Chicago and Tiwaloluwa Ajibewa, Northwestern UniversityBlack adults living with long COVID pointed to challenges…
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Ebola: how a vaccine turned a terrifying virus into a preventable disease
By Yap Boum, Mbarara University of Science and Technology The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000…
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…
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…
Kidneys from Black donors are more likely to be thrown away − a bioethicist explains why
By Ana S. Iltis, Wake Forest University As one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., kidney disease…
Genetics studies have a diversity problem that researchers struggle to fix
By Lauren Sausser, California Healthline April 25, 2024 CHARLESTON, S.C. — When he recently walked into the dental clinic at…
Nonprofit hospitals have an obligation to help their communities, but the people who live nearby may see little benefit
By Jonathan Wynn, UMass Amherst and Daniel Skinner, Ohio University Does living near a hospital make you more likely to…
‘Emergency’ or not, Covid is still killing people. Here’s what doctors advise to stay safe.
By Amy Maxmen, California Healthline January 18, 2024 With around 20,000 people dying of covid in the United States since…
Women and minorities bear the brunt of medical misdiagnosis
By Liz Szabo, California Healthline January 18, 2024 Charity Watkins sensed something was deeply wrong when she experienced exhaustion after…
These patients had to lobby for correct diabetes diagnoses. Was their race a reason?
By Bram Sable-Smith, California Healthline January 9, 2024 When Phyllisa Deroze was told she had diabetes in a Fayetteville, North…
