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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...
USA TODAY OPINION BOARD OF CONTRIBUTORS
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...
Gene therapy may cure rare diseases. But drugmakers have few incentives, leaving families desperate
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 3 weeks agoRobin Alderman faces an agonizing reality: Gene therapy might cure her son Camden’s rare, inherited...
Many older adults are still taking daily aspirin, even though some shouldn’t be, experts say
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks agoSome seniors across the United States continue to take a daily aspirin in the hopes of reducing...
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...
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...
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...
Black, Hispanic people disproportionately suffer monkeypox but fewer are getting the vaccine, early...
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoBlack and Hispanic people are disproportionately contracting monkeypox virus – but fewer are getting...
The Unsung Stories of 3 Pioneering Black Female Doctors
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoA Sept. 1, 2006, portrait of Dr. Marilyn Gaston in Potomac, Md., after jointly winning a $100,000...
US adults should get routine anxiety screening, panel says
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoU.S. doctors should regularly screen all adults under 65 for anxiety, an influential health...