The new omicron coronavirus mutant speeding around the world may bring another wave of chaos, threatening to further stretch hospital workers already struggling with a surge of delta cases and upend holiday plans for the ...
Dec 15, 2021
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COVID vaccines protect people from severe illness and death, but in the UK, they're not doing so evenly. While overall uptake of COVID vaccines in Britain is high, it isn't uniform across all ethnic groups.
Dec 15, 2021
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After an initial wave of enthusiasm among parents to have their children vaccinated against COVID-19, there has been a noticeable uptick in parental resistance since June that is contributing to a slowing of the teen vaccination ...
Dec 15, 2021
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An immune disease that can damage vital organs—and is supposedly rare in young people—is more common than previously thought among Black children, a study suggests.
Dec 8, 2021
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Almost two years into the pandemic, Black and other ethnic minority people in Britain are still dying with the coronavirus at higher rates than white residents, likely because of lower vaccination rates, a government-commissioned ...
Dec 3, 2021
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The U.S. government's booster campaign got a lot simpler Friday after Food and Drug Administration officials authorized extra shots of Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for all adults.
Nov 19, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Race-based gaps in health care and health outcomes persist in every region of the United States, a new state-by-state report card shows.
Nov 18, 2021
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Lung cancer survival rates in the United States continue to rise, but certain racial groups are still hit hard by the disease, the American Lung Association reports.
Nov 16, 2021
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A health education class tailored to South Asian culture was associated with improvements in certain cardiac risk factors and lower odds of death among participants, a new study shows.
Nov 16, 2021
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A new study from researchers at the Universities of Sussex and Manchester, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, has revealed stark health inequalities between different ethnic groups that are influenced by persistent restrictions ...
Nov 11, 2021
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