The American Cancer Society (ACS) today released Breast Cancer Statistics, 2024, the organization’s biennial update on breast cancer occurrence and trends in the United States. The new report finds breast cancer mortality rates overall have dropped by 44% since 1989, averting approximately 517,900 breast cancer deaths. However, not all women have benefited from this progress, notably American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) women, whose rates have remained unchanged over the past three decades
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From ‘Yellow Peril’ to COVID-19: New book takes unflinching look at anti-Asian racism
Univerisity of Colorado Boulder professor Jennifer Ho, editor of a new collection about global Anti-Asian racism, shares insights on what’s driving it and how communities are fighting back.
Spatial distribution of anti-Asian hate tweets during COVID-19
Anti-Asian hate language surged between January and March of 2020 with clusters of hateful tweets spread across the contiguous U.S. that varied in size, strength distribution and location. This is the first step towards helping officials predict where online racism may spill over to the streets as a public health threat.
UAlbany Experts Available to Discuss Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2021
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 6, 2021) – May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, which since 1992 is a nationally recognized celebration of the contributions of these two groups to the culture and economy of the United States. This…