New York City neighborhoods that had higher levels of socioeconomic disadvantage experienced more COVID-19 infections and deaths, according to Mount Sinai scientists who created a neighborhood-level COVID-19 inequity index.
Jun 17, 2021
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Ensuring COVID-19 vaccine access for refugee and displaced populations, and addressing health inequities, is vital for an effective pandemic response. Yet, vaccine allocation and distribution has been neither equitable nor ...
Apr 20, 2021
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For the first time in the World Health Organization's 76-year history, world leaders have unanimously committed to put social participation—people, communities and civil society—at the heart of health decision-making ...
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The causes of missed health care appointments are complex and varied, and not an issue to blame patients for, according to new research which suggests addressing the issue of "missingness" should be a policy priority.
Jul 1, 2024
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When it comes to health, inequalities can be seen at every level for women with breast cancer: prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and survival. But what about their quality of life?
Jun 18, 2024
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Organizations like the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation have made it their mission to help accelerate scientific breakthroughs in hopes of someday reducing the number of children who die from cancer to zero. There are ...
Jun 18, 2024
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New research has found that the stigma of COVID-19, racism, and discrimination in health care have impacted the ability of ethnic minority patients to access health care for long COVID symptoms.
Jun 4, 2024
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Teens from less affluent families in Europe are at greater risk of obesity, inactivity and poor diet, which are risk factors for cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, the WHO said Thursday.
May 23, 2024
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U.S. cancer death rates are continuing to drop, falling by 33% between 1991 and 2020.
May 15, 2024
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Primary health care, conditional cash transfers and social pensions have prevented 1.4 million deaths of all ages in Brazil over the past two decades, according to a study coordinated by the Barcelona Institute for Global ...
Apr 22, 2024
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