Veterans, especially those of color and women, face inequity in healthcare access and suffer from higher rates of PTSD and suicide, due to flawed screenings and stigma, highlighting the need for validated mental health screenings and culturally competent care.
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Why Don’t Black Women Join Clinical Trials?Â
Black women are underrepresented in cancer clinical trials due to a long history of medical mistrust and implicit bias, which can lead to less research overall to help understand Black women’s high breast cancer mortality rates.
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Black Doctor Shortage Persists Despite Rise in Black Physicians
Despite a rise in Black physicians over the past 20 years, the shortage of Black doctors in the U.S. remains high, and the Trump administration’s push to end affirmative action and DEI programs could make it even more difficult for Black students to earn medical degrees, leading to poorer health outcomes for Black people.
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Leading Dallas Toward Health Equity: Dr. John Carlo and Prism Health North Texas
Prism Health North Texas is a Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike that provides affordable, accessible healthcare to over 15,000 patients in Dallas, with a sliding fee scale that can make the fee for appointments as low as $10 for those paying out-of-pocket, and a range of services including adult and pediatric primary care, women’s health services, dental care, mental and behavioral health support, and on-site pharmacies.
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Innovation With Intention: The Power and Diversity of Black-Owned Ventures
Black entrepreneurs are redefining entrepreneurship with their holistic health ventures, tech startups, and education tech solutions, creating a legacy of innovation and impact in their communities.
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No, It’s Not SciFi: Radioactive Shrimp Recalled From Walmart
The federal government has issued a recall of frozen, raw shrimp sold at Walmart in 13 states due to potential exposure to Cesium-137, a radioactive contaminant.
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Industrial Heat Pumps Could Clear the Air in Black Neighborhoods
A new report from the American Lung Association finds that replacing 33,500 fossil fuel boilers with zero-emission heat-pump boilers could significantly reduce emissions and pollution, prevent 33 million asthma attacks, and save $1.1 trillion in health care costs by 2050.
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CDC shooting tied to anti-vaccine beliefs leaves officer dead, sparks outrage over rhetoric
A Georgia man who blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal opened fire on the CDC headquarters, killing a police officer and injuring others, prompting calls for the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for his anti-vaccine rhetoric.
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Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America’s Other Epidemic
Bogalusa, Louisiana has seen a decrease in homicides from 9 in 2022 to 2 in 2024, which Mayor Truong attributes to a summer jobs program, while the city continues to grapple with the trauma of gun violence and has not used any of its funds for violence prevention.
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Congress Moves to Block Trump’s Social Security Assault
The Trump administration is proposing to cut Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, which would strip eligibility from hundreds of thousands of people and slash monthly payments by as much as one-third, while unions and lawmakers are pushing back to protect the program.