Tag: Minorities

Racial and ethnic minorities bore a disproportionate mental health burden during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study published ...

Sexual minorities, particularly men, who experience perceived social rejection are more likely to indulge in risky coping behaviours, according to ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – While opioid-use cuts across socio-economic boundaries, racial and ethnic minorities in Washington state are more likely to ...

A stronger association exists between deaths from COVID-19 and obesity in people of Black, South Asian and other ethnic minority ...

NEW YORK, NY. January 27 -- The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) and its clinical affiliate Lupus Therapeutics (LT) announced two ...

Boston, MA – Certain groups in the U.S.—Blacks, Asians, Hispanics, Latinos, and low-income populations—are being exposed to higher levels of ...

In the United States, federal regulators manage air pollution primarily due to its effects on human health and mortality. Current ...

Older adults from minority ethnic backgrounds are at increased risk of contracting and dying from COVID-19, yet vaccine hesitancy is ...

What The Study Did: The association between Medicare eligibility at age 65 and changes in racial and ethnic disparities in ...

What The Study Did: Using survey responses from students in some Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, high schools, researchers investigated how experiences of ...

What The Study Did: This study included 647 patients with untreated nonmetastatic prostate cancer (269 patients during the pandemic and ...

Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University Cardiovascular disease and cancer, the nation's top two killers, share common ground like obesity and ...

Drug blocks a cell receptor that is mutated disproportionately in people of color Under a $10 million grant, a randomized, ...

Disenfranchised, minority neighborhoods still exposed to disproportionately high levels of health harming nitrogen dioxideCredit: GW WASHINGTON (July 20, 2021)--A new ...

University of Cincinnati physician-researcher uses computerized decision model to provide evidence that being vaccinated is better than notCredit: Colleen Kelley/University ...

What The Study Did: These results suggest that substantial proportions of Latinx immigrants have immigration concerns about engaging in COVID-19-related ...

PULLMAN, Wash. --Students who identify as LGBTQ+ in Washington state school districts with conservative voting records reported experiencing more bullying ...

New study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics indicates interventions of specific relevance to COVID-19, including ...

Study shows even after in-person care restarted, women were 20% to 30% less likely to get such services than in ...

Concern has grown about prison systems' use of extended solitary confinement as a way to manage violent and disruptive incarcerated ...