by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 25, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
The Biden administration on Saturday held its first “Nationwide Vaccination Day,” running vaccine pop-ups across 21 cities to boost vaccination rates in Black communities. The event was part of the White House’s broader “We Can Do This” COVID-19 Vaccine Public...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 21, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
The longstanding racial gap in U.S. stroke death rates widened dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, government researchers say. Stroke death rates increased for both Black and white adults in 2020 and 2021, according to a Centers for Disease Control and...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 18, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
An analysis that took place at a Pennsylvania health system found that pregnant Black patients were drug tested more often than white patients before delivery. The study was published in the JAMA Health Forum and noted that Black patients were no more likely to test...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 6, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
A new study found that black women have a disproportionately high maternal death rate regardless of the circumstances in their local community. The study noted that Black mothers disproportionately live in counties with higher maternal vulnerability but racial...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 24, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S., according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts attributed the change to improved screening and autism...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 13, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Despite a record-low infant mortality rate in 2020, a new study finds an unexpected jump in unexplained deaths in Black infants during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic. The rate of SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome, increased by 15 percent in a single...
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