December 6, 2023
(Science) – The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is launching a new series today examining its own complicity in perpetuating slavery and its legacy in the United States. In doing so, the 211-year-old journal joins several other publications and … Read More
December 6, 2023
(Associated Press) – A newly released poll by KFF, a health policy research group, found many patients of color — including 3 in 5 Black respondents — take such steps at least some of the time when seeing a doctor. … Read More
December 5, 2023
(Reuters) – Vaccines and treatments that could help tackle an mpox epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo are lying unused outside the country despite a death rate far higher than from the global outbreak that began last year. Stigma, … Read More
December 1, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – Meta Platforms has spent months trying to fix child-safety problems on Instagram and Facebook, but it is struggling to prevent its own systems from enabling and even promoting a vast network of pedophile accounts. (Read More)
December 1, 2023
(STAT News) – Children with drug-resistant epilepsy who are Black or insured through Medicaid may be less likely than white and privately insured patients to receive surgical treatments that can end or minimize their seizures and extend their lives, according … Read More
November 29, 2023
(BBC) – Obviously, SGTC has no lethal element but it turns out, unsurprisingly, that people are prepared to be pretty ruthless and unpleasant in order to get their hands on $4.56m. So-called “alliances” are betrayed, Machiavellian scheming is rewarded, and … Read More
November 17, 2023
(STAT News) – Preterm births and infant mortality are at alarming levels in the U.S., according to a new report published on Thursday by March of Dimes. In 2022, 10.4% of all babies were born premature — before 37 weeks … Read More
November 16, 2023
(Wired) – Platforms require that workers be over 18, but Hassan simply entered a relative’s details and used a corresponding payment method to bypass the checks—and he wasn’t alone in doing so. WIRED spoke to three other workers in Pakistan … Read More
November 16, 2023
(NPR) – In a new book, The Invisible Ache, Vance and psychologist Robin L. Smith (who often goes by Dr. Robin) explore the trauma unique to Black men and boys, and address what they see as an urgent need to … Read More
November 16, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – Researchers are coming up with new ways to make medical studies less white. They are building trust in groups long ignored by science and working with doctors and patients of color to design better studies. They … Read More
November 15, 2023
(Axios) – Come next year, Boston could become one of the only cities in the nation to offer doula services for expecting parents. Why it matters: Black mothers and babies face mortality rates more than twice as high as white … Read More
November 13, 2023
(Washington Post) – A decades-old federal program that offers doctors incentives to practice in disadvantaged communities has had little effect on physician density or patient mortality, a recent analysis concludes. (Read More)
November 10, 2023
(Science) – All health care students worldwide should learn the history of medicine during the Nazi regime and the Holocaust, according to a report published Wednesday by The Lancet. The journal formed a commission in 2021 to explore how the … Read More
November 10, 2023
(STAT News) – As pharmacies shutter stores across the U.S., people in low-income and predominantly Black, Latino, and Indigenous neighborhoods are increasingly left in pharmacy deserts, without easy access to medications and other essentials. In November 2021, CVS announced that … Read More
November 8, 2023
(Medical Xpress) – Efforts to strengthen contemporary health professionals’ education and medical ethics should be informed by a robust understanding of medicine’s role within the Nazi regime, according to a new report from the Lancet Commission on Medicine, Nazism, and … Read More
November 7, 2023
(New York Times) – As a nod to Halloween, Beth Meyer, who owns a rock and crystal store in North Fort Myers, Fla., placed a human skull inside a glass display case there and surrounded it with quartz towers and … Read More
November 3, 2023
(Associated Press) – Using sidewalks as exam rooms and heavy red duffle bags as medical supply closets, volunteer medics spend their Saturdays caring for the growing number of migrants arriving in Chicago without a place to live. Mostly students in … Read More
October 31, 2023
(The Free Press) – MrBeast’s act of kindness exposed one of the big debates roiling the medical profession: should disabilities be fixed—or celebrated? (Read More)
October 25, 2023
(STAT News) – Participation in a clinical trial is often considered something of an equalizer in medicine. Researchers have pushed for better access to trials for historically disadvantaged populations, hoping that increasing diversity in trials will both advance medicine and … Read More
October 24, 2023
(Axios) – A recently completed clinical trial to study psoriasis solely in people of color can serve as a stepping stone to study how other conditions impact nonwhite people, researchers say. Why it matters: Psoriasis is one of the most … Read More
October 23, 2023
(Axios) – Some of the most high-profile artificial intelligence chatbots churned out responses that perpetuated false or debunked medical information about Black people, a new study found. Why it matters: As AI takes off, chatbots are already being incorporated into … Read More
October 20, 2023
(Axios) – The Food and Drug Administration is poised to move forward with a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes, a move hailed by public health groups who say it will especially improve the health of Black communities and prevent young … Read More
October 19, 2023
(NPR) – At least 189 dead and decaying bodies were recovered from the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado this week — that’s roughly 75 more decedents than police originally believed to be onsite when they began investigating the … Read More
October 19, 2023
(Wired) – Even before this week’s deadly hospital blast, Gaza’s health system was already on the brink of collapse. At least 3,700 Palestinians in Gaza have been declared dead since the beginning of the Israeli-Hamas war, and an estimated 12,000 … Read More
October 16, 2023
(Wired) – It’s a pattern that’s being repeated across the developing world. Labeling hot spots in east Africa, Venezuela, India, the Philippines, and even refugee camps in Kenya and Lebanon’s Shatila camps offer cheap labor. Workers pick up microtasks for … Read More
