Aug 07 CDC reports show racial disparities in kids with COVID-19 By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press Hispanic children were hospitalized at a rate eight times higher than white kids. Black children were hospitalized at a rate five times higher. The second report examined cases of a rare virus-associated syndrome in kids. Nearly three-quarters of the children… Continue reading
Jul 28 WATCH: Biden says post-pandemic plan can fight racial economic inequality By Will Weissert, Bill Barrow, Associated Press Joe Biden has unveiled a plan to ensure that the nation's post-pandemic economic recovery is built around promoting racial equality and promising to drastically spur investment in Black-owned small businesses. Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch 8:29 How structural racism is magnifying the public health crisis By PBS NewsHour As coronavirus cases disproportionately impact communities of color, several local and state officials have declared racism a public health crisis. Rhea Boyd, a public health advocate joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the structural racism in America’s healthcare system and how… Continue watching
Jul 08 What tech giants could be doing to help close racial gaps in health By Erin Brodwin, STAT News Tech giants — with their vast budgets, institutional power, and growing focus on health — could help close racial gaps in health. But that isn't happening. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 5:58 How pandemic, police protests created an ‘alignment’ for racial change The past several weeks have been tumultuous ones for American race relations. Between a pandemic disproportionately affecting Black people and new incidents of police violence, Juneteenth has taken on increased public prominence. Yamiche Alcindor talks to Mark Anthony Neal, professor… Continue watching
Jun 19 Vulnerable U.S. Latino communities hard hit by COVID-19 By Regina Garcia Cano, Anita Snow, Bryan Anderson, Associated Press As the coronavirus spreads deeper across America, it is ravaging through Latino communities from the mid-Atlantic to the Southwest, infecting them at alarmingly high rates and amplifying the inequalities they live with. Continue reading
Jun 05 NFL says it was wrong not to listen to player protests over racial equality By Associated Press One day after Patrick Mahomes and several of his peers released a video demanding the league condemn racism, Goodell made his strongest statement on the issues many players passionately support. Continue reading
Feb 17 British government adviser quits amid furor over comments on IQ, race By Jill Lawless, Associated Press An adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned amid fierce criticism of his past comments linking intelligence to race and suggesting contraception should be made compulsory to avoid "a permanent underclass."… Continue reading
Feb 03 Iranian Americans fear ‘othering’ as U.S.-Iran tensions escalate By Noreen Nasir and Russell Contreras, Associated Press Iranian Americans across the U.S. say they are experiencing renewed anxiety since the U.S. and Iran traded threats and military strikes. Continue reading
Oct 26 Widely used algorithm for follow-up care in hospitals is racially biased, study finds By Shraddha Chakradhar, STAT An algorithm commonly used by hospitals and other health systems to predict which patients are most likely to need follow-up care classified white patients overall as being more ill than black patients — even when they were just as sick,… Continue reading