04/26/2021
Here's what we've been reading this week:
- Getting a clearer picture': Black Americans on the factors that overcame their vaccine hesitancy// NBCNews.com
- Why Are Black Communities Being Singled Out as Vaccine Hesitant? Positioning vaccine distrust as a problem specific to African Americans is not only inaccurate and unjust — it’s also harmful // Rollingstone
- Hair Dyes and Straighteners May Raise Breast Cancer Risk for Black Women A new study finds a weak link between coloring and straightening treatments and breast cancer. But experts caution the results are far from certain // New York Times
- ‘I Have a Ph.D. in Not Having Money’ Medical school is expensive for everyone. But for low-income students, the hidden costs can be prohibitive // New York Times
- Black Scientists Held Back by Perceptions of Their Priorities: New research suggests “hard/lab science” is valued over “patient-focused science” in awarding research grants // New York Times
- Why Baby Elijah Lost Medicaid, and a Million Fewer Children Have It // New York Times
- Fed Up With Deaths, Native Americans Want to Run Their Own Health Care // New York Times
- ‘That could’ve been any of us’: Two mothers who fought gun violence for years were shot and killed // The Washington Post
- Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities Among Rural Adults — United States, 2012–2015 // MMWR
- Why America Needs Foreign Medical Graduates // New York Times
- AMA says American Health Care Act is Critically Flawed // American Medical Association
- Millions Risk Losing Health Insurance in Republican Plan, Analysts Say // New York Times
- Support Black Women this International Women’s Day: Address Racial Disparities in Maternal Health // Huffington Post
- As obesity keeps rising, more Americans are just giving up // LA Times
- Feeling Lonely? Too Much Time On Social Media May Be Why // NPR
- America needs to decide: is health care something we owe our citizens? // Vox
- Vitamin D 'proved to cut risk of colds and flu' // The Guardian