Patients with inactive cancer and not currently undergoing treatments also face a significantly higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19, a new study from Penn Medicine published online today in JNCI Cancer Spectrum shows. ...
Jan 21, 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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Gloria Torres-Herbeck gets the flu vaccine every year, but the 53-year-old teacher in Rochester, Minnesota, isn't yet convinced she wants to be first in line for a potential COVID-19 vaccine.
Dec 21, 2020
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When it comes to understanding why children from non-white race groups have such poor health outcomes compared with their white counterparts, it's time for researchers to look beyond their genes and delve deeper into social ...
Nov 19, 2020
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California's Black and Hispanic communities may be falling further behind whites in the quality of care they receive for heart attacks, despite recent medical efforts aimed at improving the standards of care for these populations, ...
Nov 16, 2020
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As the number of infections, hospitalizations and deaths caused by COVID-19 continues to rise, researchers at The University of Toledo say advance care planning has never been more urgent—particularly in minority communities ...
Nov 13, 2020
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(HealthDay)—The path toward hypertension control includes making it a national priority, ensuring community support, and optimizing patient care, according to a call to action from the U.S. Surgeon General, summarized in ...
Oct 15, 2020
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A study of around 5.8 million people who receive care from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) found that Black and Hispanic people were substantially more likely than their White counterparts to test positive ...
Sep 22, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic and strategies to prevent its spread, such as self-quarantine and travel restrictions, have isolated families and intensified conditions that place people at greater risk for domestic violence. Reports ...
Sep 15, 2020
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Since day one of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. has not had enough tests. Faced with this shortage, medical professionals used what tests they had on people with the worst symptoms or whose occupations put them at high ...
Jul 22, 2020
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