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$1.35 Million Grant Funds Open-Access Digital Portal of Archival and Contemporary MaterialsCredit: University of Houston The University of Houston has received a nearly $1.35 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to…

While Black, Hispanic, Latino, Indigenous, Asian and Pacific Islander people are more likely to die of COVID-19 than white people nationwide, a recent study from Oregon State University found the risk was even greater for racial and…

Findings could have implications for boosting COVID-19 vaccination rates New UCLA research suggests that elderly patients of female physicians are more likely than those of male physicians in the same outpatient practice to be vaccinated…

Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University While a slow resting heart rate is generally considered a good thing, investigators have some of the first evidence that if that rate decreases rapidly as children move into young adulthood,…

Online ratings and reviews abound, and many have checked them, so providers and policymakers should pay attentionCredit: University of Michigan Convenience and access win out over reputation when people over 50 look for a doctor for…

Penn Medicine researchers studied the association between neighborhood-level risk factors and poor maternal health outcomes in Philadelphia between 2010 and 2017 PHILADELPHIA - Residents in majority-Black neighborhoods experience higher…

Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University Augusta University has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help support the graduate education of future scientists whose focus is cardiometabolic diseases --…

Paper urges archaeologists and historians to work closely with people who are grappling with racism in public monuments When most Americans imagine an archaeologist, they picture someone who looks like Indiana Jones. Or, perhaps, Lara…

What The Study Did: This observational study identifies and quantifies the association of race/ethnicity, sex and income, as well as state-specific lockdown measures, with six well-being dimensions in the United States. Authors: Leigh…

New research published in the British Educational Research Journal suggests a very strong association between socio-economic background and educational attainment throughout children's schooling in 4 low- and middle-income countries.…

In a survey-based study of 105 graduate-level counseling students who identified as Black, Indigenous, or people of color (BIPOC), investigators found that experiences of discrimination can negatively affect student overall wellbeing and…

Human rights inextricably connected to trade, national security, Bhala writes LAWRENCE -- An international trade law expert at the University of Kansas argues in a pair of new articles that human rights and trade are now inextricably…

Economists find Black students in integration completed less schooling DURHAM, N.C. -- Integrating the American classroom has long been a goal of many who seek to eradicate racial discrimination. But a new paper from four economists,…

Clinical guidelines have encouraged the integration of palliative care, yet medicine lags far behind its goals for ovarian cancer, especially for people of color People with ovarian cancer frequently receive aggressive end-of-life care…

New report by AARP Pennsylvania and Drexel University finds health inequities driven by geography and race, shortage of health care workers, digital divide, and pharmacy deserts A new report by AARP Pennsylvania and Drexel University's…

'Incarceration should be a last resort for youth,' researcher says CHICAGO - A new study shows that youth arrested as juveniles with psychiatric disorders that remain untreated, struggle with mental health and successful outcomes well…

Credit: Getty images DEPRIVATION among society at large is 'driving' Covid-19 disparities among minority ethnic groups - predominantly South Asian and Black African or Caribbean populations - and could be considered the main cause of…

Multiple factors, ranging from fear of deportation to food insecurity, create a negative domino effect for the health of the MENA communityCredit: Jacob Dwyer Within southeast Michigan's Middle Eastern and North African community,…

What The Study Did: Researchers compared rates of health maintenance organization (HMO) enrollment, by race and ethnicity, for children with commercial and public coverage with the use of national survey data. Authors: Alon Peltz, M.D.,…

$1.1 million gift from philanthropist Ann Bedell Hunt establishes Bedell Family Endowed Medical Scholarship at UC San Diego School of Medicine in memory of her father, Omar Jaspering, and in honor of Simerjot K. Jassal, MDCredit: UC San…