Health
Your home, and where it's located, may affect your health
They say home is where the heart is. But can a person's home also play a role in how healthy that heart is?
Aug 1, 2023
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Cardiology
Research shows disparities in how communities respond to cardiac arrest
Black neighborhoods had a significantly lower rate of bystander automated external defibrillator (AED) use relative to non-Hispanic/Latino white communities, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science ...
Dec 9, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study: Nearly 16% of Illinois COVID-19 cases linked to spread from Chicago jail
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, coronavirus has spread quickly through jails and prisons in cities across the country—including in Chicago, where the Cook County Jail has been one of the largest hotspots in the country. ...
Jun 8, 2020
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Health
COVID-19's unequal toll on black Americans
The recently released data are shocking: COVID-19 is infecting and killing black people at an alarmingly high rate. An Associated Press analysis—one of the first attempts to examine the racial disparities of COVID-19 cases ...
Apr 13, 2020
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Health
'Health care deserts' more common in black neighborhoods
New research into "health care deserts" finds that primary-care physicians are especially hard to find in predominantly Black and/or low-income Hispanic metropolitan neighborhoods.
Apr 25, 2012
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