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As COVID-19 Vaccine Demand Dips, Community Health Centers Take the Lead

Their mission is to close the gap between the vaccination rates of the nation’s most vulnerable people and the rest of the population.

April 26, 2021 Mental Health / Minorities / Suicide

Asian American young adults are the only racial group with suicide as their leading cause of death, so why is no one talking about this?

Only one national study is targeting Asian American mental health

February 4, 2021 Coronavirus / Minorities / Occupational Heatlh

After Hundreds of Meatpacking Workers Died From COVID-19, Congress Wants Answers

To date, more than 50,000 meatpacking workers have been infected and at least 250 have died.

November 27, 2020 Diet / Minorities / Salmonella

Hispanics live longer than most Americans, but will the US obesity epidemic change things?

Hispanic immigrants live longer than US-born whites but the life expectancy US-born Hispanics may soon be similar to that of US-born whites. Why? Obesity.

November 18, 2020 Cardiology / Heart and Circulatory System / Minorities

Push Is On in US to Figure Out South Asians’ High Heart

In the US, there’s increasing attention on high risk for heart disease among Americans of South Asian descent, a growing population of about 5.4 million.

August 10, 2020 Minorities / Occupational Heatlh / Rural Health

Without Federal Protections, Farm Workers Risk Coronavirus Infection to Harvest Crops

Farms have already reported outbreaks among hundreds of workers in states that include California, Washington, Florida and Michigan.

July 7, 2020 Coronavirus / Minorities

How COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons Threatens Nearby Communities

Not only can the virus be brought into jails and prisons, but it also can leave those facilities and spread widely into surrounding communities and beyond.

July 3, 2020 Coronavirus / Minorities

Washington state COVID-19 case and death rates far higher among minorities

Analyses also find virus is increasingly affecting younger age groups.

June 2, 2020 Coronavirus / Minorities / Public Health

Raising a diverse army to track COVID-19

Health departments across the U.S. are working to create diverse teams of contact tracers to control the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

April 13, 2020 Coronavirus / Minorities / Rural Health / Rural Hospitals

The South May See the Largest Share of Coronavirus Misery

Hotspots are being detected throughout the South, and the virus is seeping into rural communities where hospitals are ill-prepared to meet the challenge.

April 8, 2020 Child Health / Coronavirus / Minorities / Native American/Alaska Native

A School on Navajo Nation Stayed Open. Then People Started Showing Symptoms.

As some schools on the largest reservations were closing on account of the coronavirus, students at Rocky Ridge Boarding School continued attending class.

January 2, 2020 Aging / Minorities / Public Health

3 big ways that the US will change over the next decade

What will the U.S. look like 10 years from now? Which demographic groups in the U.S. will grow and which maybe even decline?

December 1, 2019 Health Insurance / Minorities

COFA offers coverage for some Pacific Islanders

COFA islanders include people from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated State of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.

September 27, 2019 Endometrial Cancer / Minorities

UW doctor seeks to make African American women more aware of endometrial cancer

Most women know to check for breast cancer and to get a yearly pap smear to check for cervical cancer. But few are aware of the risk of endometrial cancer.

September 16, 2019 Drugs / Minorities

Purveyors Of Black-Market Pharmaceuticals Target Immigrants

The drugs were cheap, and the customers — mostly from Mexico and Central America — did not need prescriptions to buy them. But many are counterfeit.