From birth to end of life, African-Americans have worse health than whites. And, the gap keeps widening in some areas, as health care for some whites improves. What will
it take to close the gap?
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AIDS and HIV are still major health threats, fueled by poverty and discrimination as much as by the virus responsible for the infection.
Digital devices can make a real difference in treating chronic diseases. But many who have these conditions are poor, and they often cannot afford the devices.
Kids in the U.S. are not as fit as we might think, based on our the success of our athletic superstars. Why do we lag? It might have to do with inequality.
Patient portals are fast becoming a way of health care life in the U.S., but they are leaving an important group behind. Latinos are much less likely to use portals than non-Latinos.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
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Associate Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University
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Assistant Professor of Social, Behavioral and Population Sciences, Tulane University
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Professor of Anthropology, American University
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Professor of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, Associate Dean of Research and Innovation in the School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Iowa
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Family Medicine Physician and Postdoctoral Health Services Researcher, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Research scientist, Johns Hopkins University
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Assistant Professor of Resource Economics, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor of Community Health, Tufts University
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Professor of Bioinformatics, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Audiology, University of Pittsburgh
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Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration, University of Illinois Chicago