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Minority Issues

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Voices of Black Women: Long-Term Cancer Research for the Next Generation

>> June 30, 2024

Why do black women develop more aggressive cancers? That’s a question that a new, 30-year-long study is setting out to answer – among other disparity concerns.

topics: African Americans| Gender Bias| Health Care| Minority Issues

Cultural Competence: Addressing Racial Disparities In Healthcare

>> March 10, 2024

Our guests discuss sectors of healthcare and disease where racial disparities continue to block minority populations from quality care.

topics: Discrimination and Racism| Infectious Disease and Vaccination| Minority Issues| Patient Care and Safety| Psychology| Public Health| Race| Stigma and Stereotypes| Vulnerable Populations

How Systemic Racism Feeds Into Low Quality Health Care

>> April 17, 2022

A recent study reveals that some medical students believe pain thresholds vary by race. Dr. Ana Pujols McKee speaks on how proper education can help fix systemic racism in health care.

topics: Discrimination and Racism| Health Care| Implicit Bias| Minority Issues| Patient Care and Safety| Stigma and Stereotypes

Peripheral Artery Disease

>> November 14, 2021

Many people are unfamiliar with arterial blockages away from the heart. Peripheral artery disease, or PAD, affects African Americans much more than other populations for unknown reasons. An expert physician discusses PAD, the possible consequences, warning signs, and a clinical trial of treatments.

topics: African Americans| Cardiology| Crime and Criminal Justice| Disease| Diversity| Health Care| Minority Issues| Prevention| Research and Clinical Trials| Technology| Undiagnosed and Mystery Illness
Refineries And Their Neighbors: How Safe Is The Air?

Refineries and Their Neighbors: How Safe is the Air?

>> June 13, 2021

A recent report shows that more than a dozen refineries around the US are emitting benzene pollution into the air at higher levels than allowed by the EPA. An activist discusses this newly labeled problem and what the agency can do to curb it.

topics: Air Pollution| Business and Industry| Discrimination and Racism| Federal and State Government| Federal Government and Regulation| Government and Legislation| Manufacturing| Minority Issues| Pollution| Poverty| Public Health| Public Health and Public Safety| Public Policy and Regulation

Overcoming Black Distrust in the Covid Vaccine

>> January 10, 2021

Success of Covid-19 vaccines depends on about 75 percent of people getting them, but distrust of medicine and of vaccines among African-Americans means they may not come close to that milepost. Two experts discuss historical reasons for distrust, how the system will have to come through in ways it has not in the past, and how community leaders will make a …

topics: Covid-19 Pandemic| Covid-19 Vaccine| Discrimination and Racism| Federal and State Government| Federal Government and Regulation| Government and Legislation| History| Infectious Disease and Vaccination| Minority Issues| Public Health| Public Health and Public Safety| Public Policy and Regulation| Research and Clinical Trials| Viruses
Who Gets a Vaccine?

Who Gets a Vaccine?

>> August 16, 2020

Development of a coronavirus vaccine is proceeding at a breakneck pace. What needs to happen to make sure it’s safe and effective? And if a vaccine is successfully made, who should get it first?

topics: Covid-19 Pandemic| Covid-19 Vaccine| Economics| Economics and Finance| Emergency Medicine and First Responders| Ethics| Federal and State Government| Federal Government| Infectious Disease and Vaccination| Mathematics and Data| Minority Issues| Philosophy and Ethics| Psychiatry| Public Health| Public Health and Public Safety| Public Safety| Research and Clinical Trials| Vaccination| Viruses
Rules For Who Lives, Who Dies in the Pandemic

Rules For Who Lives, Who Dies in the Pandemic

>> April 26, 2020

A lack of ventilators potentially puts doctors in the position of deciding which of their Covid-19 patients get a ventilator and live, and which ones don’t get one and die. New rules for making such decisions have been released which are designed to be fair and independent. The designer of the rules explains.

topics: Covid-19 Pandemic| Death and Grief| Ethics| Government and Legislation| Health Care| Infectious Disease and Vaccination| Minority Issues| Morality| Philosophy and Ethics| Public Health| Public Health and Public Safety| Public Policy and Regulation| Social Science| Viruses

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