Trenace Dorsey-Hollins' 5-year-old daughter was sick a lot last year. Dorsey-Hollins followed school guidelines and kept her home when she had a cough or a sore throat—or worse—until she was completely better.
Feb 7, 2024
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In 1959, John Howard Griffin, a white American writer, underwent medical treatments to change his skin appearance and present himself as a black man. He then traveled through the segregated US south to experience the racism ...
Jan 29, 2015
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A study among a national cohort of gay and bisexual mean reveals extreme police-related stress in men of color and low‐income men, compared to their white and higher-income counterparts.
Jun 16, 2023
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A new Dartmouth-led study published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine sheds light on the role U.S. health systems play concerning racial inequality in prescription pain medicine receipt.
Jul 21, 2021
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For the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted virtually every facet of life. Now, some people are ready to ditch the masks and other precautions. COVID will eventually transition from pandemic to endemic, the ...
Feb 22, 2022
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Lichen striatus (LS), a skin condition manifesting as linear eruptions following Blaschko's lines on the trunk or limbs of children, is often accompanied by hypopigmentation (loss of melanin or skin color). Interestingly, ...
Jan 16, 2024
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Veronica Sikka, M.D., Ph.D, assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, VCU School of Medicine, works in the emergency department at VCU Medical Center.
Jan 24, 2014
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When the COVID-19 vaccine became widely available in spring of 2021, Black and Latinx populations had a slower uptake of the vaccine. While this gap has narrowed over time, new research from DePaul University examines why ...
Oct 24, 2022
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(HealthDay)—One consequence of the government's limited role in regulating cosmetics is that questionable products may stay on store shelves and e-commerce sites despite complaints. Even when consumers report problems, ...
Oct 21, 2019
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Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) recently found that a device used to measure oxygen levels might be overestimating those levels in children of different races, which could lead to inaccurate readings. ...
Mar 21, 2023
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