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In California, the pandemic hits Latinos hard
May 13, 2021...
“Deconstructing Inequities — Transparent Values in Measurement and Analytic Choices,” Marjory L. Givens, Keith P. Gennuso, Elizabeth A. Pollock, and Sheri L. Johnson.
May 12, 2021...
EPA Finds Black Americans Face More Health-Threatening Air Pollution
May 5, 2021By 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...
5 Ways The Model Minority Myth Is Used Against Asian Americans At Work
April 30, 2021By Monica Torres, Huff Post "The lie that all Asian Americans are successful has many negative career consequences." (Read...
CDC Says Racism Is a ‘Serious Threat’ to Public Health
April 28, 2021By 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...
Statement by Dr. Gail C. Christopher on the Guilty Verdict in George Floyd’s Murder Trial
April 21, 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2021 Contact: Michael K. Frisby mike@Frisbyassociates.com/202-625-4328 Statement by Dr. Gail C. Christopher, Executive Director, National Collaborative for Health Equity GUILTY VERDICT IN GEORGE...
“The World’s Leading Medical Journals Don’t Write about Racism. That’s a Problem,” Rhea Boyd, Nancy Krieger, Fernando De Maio, Aletha Maybank.
April 21, 2021...
America Desperately Needs a Truth and Racial Healing Commission
April 21, 2021Opinion by Mitch Landrieu, CNN (Read...
“Medicine’s Privileged Gatekeepers: Producing Harmful Ignorance About Racism and Health,” Nancy Krieger, Rhea W. Boyd, Fernando De Maio, Aletha Maybank.
April 20, 2021...
Join CommuniVax’s Webinar Tomorrow on COVID-19 Vaccinations and Beyond
April 19, 2021Join 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 equity. Register...