By Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam, California Healthline October 28, 2024 KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a…
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A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit
By Mark M. Lambert, Des Moines University Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today – and that’s partly thanks…
White patients are more likely than Black patients to be given opioid medication for pain in US emergency departments
By Trevor Thompson, University of Greenwich and Sofia Stathi, University of Greenwich White people who visit hospital emergency departments with…
Resistance to antibiotics in northern Nigeria: what bacteria are prevalent, and which drugs work against them
By Fred C. Tenover, University of Dayton and Nubwa Medugu, Nile University of Nigeria Antimicrobial resistance – the ability of…
What are HeLa cells? A cancer biologist explains
By Ivan Martinez, West Virginia University In an amazing twist of fate, the aggressive cervical cancer tumor that killed Henrietta…
Leading American medical journal continues to omit Black research, reinforcing a legacy of racism in medical knowledge
By Cherice Escobar Jones, Northeastern University; Gwendolynne Reid, Emory University, and Mya Poe, Northeastern University The leading U.S. medical journal,…
