Wired - Machine learning programs trained with patient reports, rather than doctors’, find problems that doctors miss—especially in Black...
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Cell - Our nationwide network of BME women faculty collectively argue that racial funding disparity by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) remains the most insidious...
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#Biomedical researchers discuss how racial funding disparities in #NIH grants remain a key barrier to success for #Black BME faculty, and propose steps NIH can take to break it down. Read the Commentary in @CellCellPress https://t.co/4cZjeQKIcW #fundblackscientists #BlackinSTEM https://t.co/4cZjeQKIcW
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes - Following decades of decline, maternal mortality began to rise in the United States around 1990—a significant departure from the world’s other affluent countries. By...
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Working Agenda 4 #Black #Mothers https://t.co/ic8f9c7Upm @ABCardio1's team led by @DrRachelMBond TY all 4 this💎experience‼️ #ABCardio4Moms calls 4 🌐#CardioObstetrics #WIC & #HeForShe #GoGoldForMommy effort @KeciaGaitherMD @mmamas1973 @mirvatalasnag @cardio10s @sneskarakic https://t.co/ic8f9c7Upm
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.#Lancet: Landmark. Despite advances in #HIV treatment & #prevention, huge inequities persist in #USA. #Black #women are nearly 18 times more likely than White women to have HIV. Other #disparities shown. #Hispanic #Latino Similarities to #COVID19 noted. https://t.co/l67rsCydIo https://t.co/l67rsCydIo
ScienceDirect - Long-standing systemic inequalities—fueling unequal access to critical resources such as healthcare, housing, education, and employment...
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COVID-19, #Obesity , and Structural Racism: Understanding the Past and Identifying Solutions for the Future - @sciencedirect #black #covid19 #covid #coronavirus https://t.co/il0HfRzc5U
JAMA Network - This Viewpoint reviews data demonstrating worse risk and outcomes for non-White patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and makes policy proposals to mitigate the...
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.#JAMA: 2-page Viewpoint: #COVID19 has made #social conditions far worse for #Black #Hispanic and #AmericanIndian persons in #USA. To tackle #disparities: 1 Expand access to #healthcare 2 Establish equitable care models 3 Address social determinants #SDOH https://t.co/6EDFUDM8gu
MobiHealthNews - 406 Ventures and Seae Ventures led the round with participation from...
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New digital #mentalhealth #startup @hurdle_app lands $5M #funding to focus on caring for #Black communities https://t.co/Jpj6kb5jIw
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - This report describes demographic data of persons who received at least 1 dose of vaccine during the first month of the U.S. COVID-19 vaccination...
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.#CDC: During first month of #COVID19 #vaccination in #USA, nearly 13 million persons received ≥1 dose of #vaccine. Of those: 63.0% - #women 55.0% - 50 yrs/older 60.4% - non-Hispanic White 11.5% - #Latino/#Hispanic 5.4% - #Black/#AfricanAmerican #nihCEAL https://t.co/A5I0aWoGJb https://t.co/A5I0aWoGJb
PNAS - COVID-19 has generated a huge mortality toll in the United States, with a disproportionate number of deaths occurring among the Black and Latino populations....
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Important: Andrasfay & Goldman projected that #COVID19 would reduce US life expectancy in 2020 by 1.13 yrs & that the estimated reductions for #Black & #Latino populations would be 3-4 times that for #Whites. Consistent with #CDC @NCHStats report. #nihCEAL https://t.co/z0mLSaXjtm https://t.co/z0mLSaXjtm
“The algorithm was seeing things over and above what the #radiologists were seeing.” .. because #Black patients were the #AI arbiters of truth, not doctors. https://t.co/W1JAXrrdUF via @wired #MachineLearning #kneepain #osteoarthritis @NatureMedicine: https://t.co/W1JAXrrdUF