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Bernita Jackson, 51, has her blood pressure measured at an event to inform people about the Affordable Care Act, in Los Angeles, California, on November 25, 2013.

New Book Examines "Why Black Americans Die Sooner"

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Joseph L. Graves Jr. peels back the medical misconception that socially defined race can dictate disease prevalence

AI and Facial Recognition Dive Into Global Health Care

AI and Facial Recognition Dive Into Global Health Care

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How artificial intelligence is used to diagnose diseases and understand behavior

Powerful Legacies: New Memoir Explores Racism in Health Care and Beyond

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Dr. Uché Blackstock examines the systems that oppress Black Americans and urges her readers to challenge them

Powerful Legacies: New Memoir Explores Racism in Health Care and Beyond

Choosing to Make a Change

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Dr. Helene Gayle on her trailblazing career and the questions she still ponders

Choosing to Make a Change

The United States Has a Primary Care Problem

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It lags far behind when it comes to providing primary health care for Black and Hispanic Americans

The United States Has a Primary Care Problem

Ending Police Violence in America

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It is time Americans hold themselves accountable for preventing police violence and invest in Black communities

Ending Police Violence in America

Two Hundred Thousand and (Not) Counting

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The U.S. failure to collect social and community data hampers efforts to control COVID-19 and to address health inequity

They are informally honored—but are they officially counted? Activists stand at sunrise to memorialize victims of the coronavirus, near the Washington Monument in Washington, DC on August 27, 2020. The photo shows the monument in the thin morning lite with a silhouette line of people standing in the foreground. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Contact Tracing Requires Building Trust

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As states gear up their contact tracing efforts, here's how they should approach getting buy-in within their communities

A militarized approach to contact tracing is shown here as National Guard members at the Washington State Department of Health support contact tracing efforts in Tumwater, Washington—on May 20, 2020. The photo shows the guard members standing around a cubicle space talking. A table in the foreground is decorated with a drawing of a dinosaur and emblazoned with the words "I eat COVID-19 for breakfast. REUTERS/Jason Redmond

Coronavirus Epidemiology This Week

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We won't stop COVID-19 until we focus on the data that matter

The image shows a heat map of the United States with states colored according to the higher number of tests coming back positive

One Weak Link and the Whole Thing Falls Apart

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A more structured, uniform, and comprehensive U.S. approach is needed to collect, report, and analyze coronavirus data

Data reporting exists but is "woefully inadequate and regrettably incomplete," like these mostly empty COVID-19 testing kits at the CDC serology testing site in Washington, DC, on June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Systemic Racism in Mammogram Guidelines

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Breaking down U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations in the COVID-19 pandemic

Wigs and head scarves for patients with breast cancer are seen on mannequins at a center run by the "Reto" Group for Full Recovery of Breast Cancer in Mexico City October 18, 2012. The photo shows a room with mannequin heads and wigs. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

White Supremacy in Global Health

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A Juneteenth pledge to continue the ever-changing march toward anti-racism, ending oppression, and achieving justice

General view of George Floyd's memorial site on June 4, 2020 following more than a week of nationwide protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The photo shows a mural to Floyd with lots of flowers and signs laid out in front. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi