As a Black woman, Charity Watkins is among two of the groups most likely to experience a medical misdiagnosis. Hers put her life at risk.
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Vape manufacturers have staved off regulation while flooding the market with products — most sold illegally and without FDA permission — that can be far more addictive
Because so many Black people die young, their higher mortality rate resulted in a cumulative loss of more than 80 million years of life compared with the white population
May 16, 2023
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A YOUNG CHILD WITH RSV IS TREATED AT COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER IN MISSOULA, MONTANA./COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER VIA KHN.
Over the last decade hospitals have shuttered children’s wards and expanded the number of beds available for more profitable endeavors.
Dec 10, 2022
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CVS’ AT-HOME TESTS THAT SCREEN FOR HIV AND OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS CAN BE BOUGHT IN STORES AND ONLINE. THE KIT IS PRICED AT $99.99./ERIC HARKLEROAD/ KHN
New research firmly links the virus to multiple sclerosis, a potentially disabling chronic disease that afflicts more than 900,000 Americans and 2.8 million people worldwide.
Oct 20, 2022
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The novel coronavirus captured by a lab at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Delta has kept some of the most successful mutations found in earlier variants, but also contains new genetic changes that enable it to spread twice as fast.
Jul 29, 2021
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Na’ryen Cayou had a partial scholarship to a boys’ prep school and a spot playing trombone in the marching band. But then the COVID pandemic shut down his school, mom Nakia Lewis lost her job, and they were evicted — landing Na’ryen in virtual learning and sleeping on a couch at his grandmother’s home./Kathleen Flynn for KHN
Missing educational opportunities doesn’t just deprive kids of better careers: Study after study shows that people with less education die younger than those with more.
In addition to the death toll and people suffering persistent symptoms, the pandemic has threatened the health of vulnerable people who've been devastated by the loss of jobs, homes and opportunities for the future.