Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine that they "do not believe that ignoring race will reduce health disparities" but rather that "such an approach is a form of naive 'color blindness' that is more likely to perpetuate ...
Feb 26, 2021
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get-a-COVID-19-vaccine-rises-to-60-as-confidence-in-research-and-development-process-increases/">least inclined of any racial or ethnic group to say they'd get vaccinated against the coronavirus. The proportion of Black people ...
Feb 25, 2021
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Several University of Illinois Chicago faculty members have addressed the issue of how to ethically conduct research with Black populations.
Feb 19, 2021
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When Khadijah Ameen and her fellow health activists gather in community groups in Martin Luther King Jr.'s hometown of Atlanta, everyone is in a circle. It connects to their central message: Achieving a society in which all ...
Feb 17, 2021
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Being Black and pregnant in the U.S. was already a risky combination, and health experts now worry the pandemic is making things worse.
Feb 11, 2021
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This week in the New York Times a national group of leading Black health experts shined a light on the critical importance of the Black community receiving the COVID-19 vaccination. Amongst the 60 elected members of the National ...
Feb 10, 2021
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The disproportionately high COVID-19 infection rates observed in Black Americans could be linked to their daily commuting patterns, according to a new study published today in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
Jan 27, 2021
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A survey of approximately 5,000 Americans suggests that 31.1 percent of the U.S. public does not intend to get the COVID-19 vaccine once it becomes available to them—and the likelihood of vaccine refusal is highest among ...
Jan 6, 2021
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U.S. public health officials have reported that Black communities are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with higher infection and mortality rates than the general population. These disparities relate to ...
Dec 10, 2020
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The most popular rap songs in the United States are increasingly referencing depression and suicide and mixing in metaphors about mental health struggles, according to a study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel ...
Dec 7, 2020
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