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Only 1.8% of US doctors were Black in 1906 – and the legacy of inequality in medical education has...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoBlack students at Meharry Medical College, in 1915. Heritage Art/Getty Images Fueled by the Supreme...
Many older adults are still taking daily aspirin, even though some shouldn’t be, experts say
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 1 week agoSome seniors across the United States continue to take a daily aspirin in the hopes of reducing...
Gene therapy may cure rare diseases. But drugmakers have few incentives, leaving families desperate
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks agoRobin Alderman faces an agonizing reality: Gene therapy might cure her son Camden’s rare, inherited...
This 100-year-old Ohio man is the world’s oldest practicing doctor — and he calls retirement ‘the...
Moneywise via Yahoo Finance Canada· 1 year agoAt 100 years old, the world’s oldest practicing doctor knows a thing or two about how to live a long...
Children of Flint water crisis make change as young environmental and health activists
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoTheir childhood memories are still vivid: warnings against drinking or cooking with tap water,...
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USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoJerome Adams, MD, was the 20th U.S. surgeon general and served as a member of the President's Coronavirus Task Force. He is a presidential fellow and...
Autopsy finds 'severe neglect' to blame for man's death in bedbug-infested Georgia jail cell
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoLashawn Thompson, 35, died in September, three months after he was booked into the Fulton County...
New details in death of man ‘eaten alive’ by insects at Georgia jail released by family
Miami Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoA new autopsy’s findings confirm the cause of death for the man who was “eaten alive” by bed bugs...
Doctors say 'fossil fuel addiction' kills, starves millions
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoExtreme weather from climate change triggered hunger in nearly 100 million people and increased heat...
Many young people of color aren't getting the COVID booster. Biden aims to change that.
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoWASHINGTON – Many young people of color are not getting the COVID-19 booster shot at the same rate...