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By American Heart Association News, chicago.suntimes.com "Untreated, high blood pressure can lead to disabling, potentially fatal illnesses including heart disease, stroke, dementia, kidney disease, sexual dysfunction, vision loss." (Read...

By Alonzo Plough Gail C. Christopher, healthaffairs.org "COVID-19 has shown us once again that wealth, racism, and privilege play an outsized role in how long and how well people live. Philanthropy has long sought to address the confluence of...

More than 50 years before George Floyd's death, lawmakers predicted a growing racial divide It's been a year since George Floyd's chilling last words, "I can't breathe," sent shock waves around the world. A guilty verdict came down April 20, but...

By Phil McKenna, Inside Climate News "Race, not poverty, was found to be the strongest predictor of exposure to PM 2.5, a health-damaging particle created when fossil fuels are burned." (Read...

By Monica Torres, Huff Post "The lie that all Asian Americans are successful has many negative career consequences." (Read...

By Mary Pflum, NBC News “Racism is operating not only with respect to Covid-19 but also with respect to infant mortality, maternal mortality, obesity,” said a past president of the American Public Health Association. (Read...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2021  Contact: Michael K. Frisby [email protected]/202-625-4328  Statement by Dr. Gail C. Christopher, Executive Director, National Collaborative for Health Equity  GUILTY VERDICT IN GEORGE...

Opinion by Mitch Landrieu, CNN (Read...

Join CommuniVax Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 2-3:30 pm ET, for a webinar on Community-Centric Public Health Practice: COVID-19 Vaccination and Beyond. This webinar will examine the roles health departments can take in achieving health...

By Kimmy Yam, NBC...