Unequal Treatment Revisited The Current State of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare

A National Academies committee hosted a public workshop series in 2023. Speakers invited by the committee discussed the current state of racial and ethnic health care disparities in the U.S., highlighted major drivers of health care disparities, provided insight into successful and unsuccessful interventions, identified gaps in the evidence base and proposed strategies to close those gaps, and considered ways to scale and spread effective interventions to reduce racial and ethnic inequities in health care.
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Grave Robbing, Black Cemeteries, and the American Medical School

An article by Allison C. Meier
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The Long, Strange History of Grave Robbing and Its Modern Counterpart

An article by Addicen Bauer
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HTN 2024 Healthcare Predictions: Looking Back to Move Forward

Setting the pace
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Without PBM Reform and an IRA Fix, Drug Shortages Are Inevitable

An article by Ted Love, RealClear Health
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How Black and Hispanic Americans view clinical trials

An article by Alison Spencer and Cary Funk
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Clinical trial redesign must be defined by diversity

PharmaTimes Magazine. April, 2023 edition
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Henrietta Lacks' descendants reach a settlement over the use of her 'stolen' cells

Settlement reached
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Family of Henrietta Lacks reaches settlement in lawsuit over her cells

This New Drug May Be Our Best Chance in Fighting Alzheimer’s

FDA approves new drug
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Black communities endured wave of excess deaths in past 2 decades, studies find

The Washington Post reveals that the loss of life came at a staggering cost, medically and economically
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Study: Black Americans Live Longer When There Are More Black Doctors In The Country

Time and again, it has been stressed that representation matters. Studies have shown it matters in education. It matters in the judicial system. And a new study shows it matters in the medical field.
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Optimizing Patient Recruitment and Engagement Strategies

Engaging the NBCI Model to Ensure Minority Participation
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Two cancer drug trials put on hold after patients died, companies say

Two clinical trials have been paused within the past two days because six participants – including one child – have died, according to reports by the drug companies.
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Viewpoint: The Politics of Informed Consent and the Limits of the First Amendment

Physicians are accustomed to disclosing the risks and benefits of treatment as part of their ethical and legal duty to secure informed consent.
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Study: Black Americans Live Longer When There Are More Black Doctors In The County

Time and again, it has been stressed that representation matters. Studies have shown it matters in education. It matters in the judicial system. And a new study shows it matters in the medical field.
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Treatment of Rare Anemias Shifting Rapidly

A wave of new therapies is starting to reshape the treatment landscape for people with rare anemias, but the authors of a new review also caution that more research is needed to better understand which therapies are right for which patients.
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SCDAA, 8 pharma companies team up to increase trial participation

The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA) is collaborating with several pharmaceutical companies in a new initiative aimed at increasing awareness of the blood disorder and promoting clinical trial participation.
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NMA Forms Project IMPACT 2.0 Coalition to Increase Minority Participation in Clinical Trials

The National Medical Association (NMA) is launching the formation of the Project IMPACT 2.0 (Increase Minority Participation and Awareness of Clinical Trials) Coalition.
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