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White People Are Getting Vaccinated at Higher Rates Than Black and Latino Americans
February 10, 2021By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Deidre McPhillips (CNN) Black and Latino Americans are receiving the Covid-19 vaccine at significantly lower rates than White people -- a disparity that health advocates blame on the federal government and hospitals not...
Shift toward social determinants transforming public health work: Targeting causes of health disparities
June 6, 2016Kim Krisberg First in a series on the role of social determinants of health. Visit www.thenationshealth.org/sdoh for related content. Several years ago, public health workers in Wayne County, Michigan, embarked on a new endeavor to tackle infant...
Michigan Public Health Institute Releases 2015 Annual Report
March 23, 2016"2015 was another successful year for MPHI; we celebrated our 25th year and continued to uphold our legacy of excellence. We achieved strong financial performance, continued to successfully implement our strategy and laid a strong foundation for our...
Forget the Bacon: Living in Poverty Means You Have An Advanced Risk of Getting Cancer
October 30, 2015by Lawrence Ware + Rebecca Martinez | NewBlackMan (in Exile) The World Health Organization recently released a press statement on the carcinogenicity of the consumption of red meat and processed meat. The statement, which elicited media headlines...
Health Reform is Important, But Collaboration is Key
December 30, 2014Relative to national averages, many people of color have poorer health from the cradle to the grave—beginning at birth, with higher rates of low birth weight and infant mortality; through childhood and adolescence, with higher rates of asthma and...