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UrduUniversity of Oregon philosopher Camisha Russell’s latest research examines racism in health care and offers some ideas about how to address such structural injustice.
Tag: Health Care Access
Connect Chicago Initiative Expands Community COVID-19 Testing
As COVID-19 cases rise in the U.S., Connect Chicago — new initiative between the Chicago Department of Public Health, Rush University Medical Center, and Esperanza Health Centers — is aiming to redouble testing efforts in Chicago communities that need it most.
Endocrine Society celebrates Supreme Court decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act
The Endocrine Society today praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, which makes health care accessible to millions of individuals nationwide, including those with hormone health conditions such as diabetes, osteoporosis, thyroid conditions, and breast and prostate cancer.
Systemic Racism & Health Care: Building Black Confidence in the COVID-19 Vaccine
The Tuskegee syphilis experiment. The secret sale of Henrietta Lacks cancer research cells. Jim Crow laws affecting African Americans’ ability to receive medical treatment. For weeks, it’s been hard to hear over the clamor of millions of Americans lining up for COVID-19 vaccines. But not everyone has been enthused — namely, large swaths of minority communities, which comprise the populations disproportionately impacted by the virus, but whose hesitance is largely fueled by the country’s racist medical past.
New research-based tools to help Ohioans at higher COVID-19 risk
Ohio’s COVID-19 Populations Needs Assessment, released today (Oct. 13, 2020) and led by experts at The Ohio State University College of Public Health, aims to improve Ohioans’ ability to prevent transmission of the virus and minimize its impact on communities that are at elevated risk.
Will the COVID-19 pandemic give a permanent boost to telemedicine for epilepsy care?
Telemedicine for epilepsy care is more popular than ever. It has many advantages—but can it sustain itself into the future?
‘Age-Friendly’ care coming to retail clinics
Nursing researchers and planners at Case Western Reserve University, funded by a new three-year, $2.44 million John A. Hartford Foundation grant, will work with CVSHealth and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to integrate into 1,100 CVS MinuteClinic locations the signature “Age-Friendly” approach developed by the foundation and institute. They will incorporate the age-friendly concepts into day-to-day care for older adults and track their implementation at all retail locations.
Neighborhood Racial and Economic Polarization, Hospital of Delivery, and Severe Maternal Morbidity
How neighborhood racial and economic spatial polarization, an extreme form of residential segregation, influences maternal health.
COVID-19 big picture: For many years, Pinar Keskinocak has studied how society and the nation handle pandemics.
For many years, Pinar Keskinocak has studied how pandemics spread through the nation, how they overburden health care systems, and how they diminish the supply of medications, thus worsening the pandemic. All this also spins off additional medical crises. She…