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May 10, 2024
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Government of Canada announces $3.5 million to honour the legacy of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians who served in uniform
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AEG Presents Names Brent Fedrizzi President, North American Regional Offices
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University of Phoenix Announces 2024 Faculty of the Year Award Recipients
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National Institute for Innovation and Technology™ Announces Groundbreaking Pre-Apprenticeship Program During Youth Apprent
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Intuit and REI champion climate action through Clearloop with new White Pine Solar Farm
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Keeping Canadians safe from wildfires
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Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Mildred L. Oberkotter: Inspiring Thousands of Children with Hearing Loss to Achieve Their Dre
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National Geographic Documentary Films, Along With Oscar- and Emmy-Winning Producers Little Monster Films and Lightbox, in Associ
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Racial Disparities Found In Military Death Penalty Cases
September 02, 2011
A study by a group of law and statistics professors found that minorities in the military were twice as likely to be sentenced to death than their white counterparts. Professor David Baldus of the University of Iowa College of Law and associate professor Catherine Grosso of the Michigan State University College of Law, the study's lead authors, ...
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Patient Navigators Help Reduce Cancer Care Disparities
August 17, 2011
Past research shows that minorities suffer higher rates of advanced cancer and deaths from all types of cancer compared to whites. Health Behavior News Service reports in an article in the August issue of Cancer, the role of “patient navigator†is emerging as a tool to address these disparities. ...
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Gov Creates Black Commission To Examine Disparities In Illinois
August 16, 2011
A bill signed by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn will create a commission to research the disparities facing African-Americans in the areas of healthcare, health services, employment, education, criminal justice, housing and other social and economic issues. “We know that disparities exist within the African-American community, preventing some from achieving their full potential,†Governor Quinn said in a statement. ...
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Feds Settle With Ala School Board Over Racial Disparities
August 09, 2011
The U.S. Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with the Pickens County, Ala., school board to eliminate racial disparities in its system. Under terms of the agreement, the board, working with state officials, will develop policies and programs to eliminate racial disparities in student discipline, grade retention, graduation rates and post-graduate scholarships, the Justice Department said in a release. The agreement further obligates the board to intensify its efforts to recruit minority ...
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Policy Change Aims To Lessen Health Care Disparities
August 04, 2011
To help address serious racial and economic disparities in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in the United States, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) today released a policy statement that outlines specific provisions of 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that have the potential to reduce these disparities. ASCO’s statement makes recommendations to ensure that such provisions ...
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Neurologists Address Disparities In Stroke Care
July 14, 2011
Significant disparities in stroke treatment and prevention exist for racial and ethnic minorities, writes Dr. Salvador Cruz-Flores for Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. Dr. Cruz-Flores adds, "Awareness, education and prevention are the keys to closing this health care gap." Cruz-Flores, ...
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Report Looks At Health Disparities In The Age Of Personalized Medicine
June 22, 2011
Science Progress, a project of the online magazine Center for American Progress, released “Addressing Race and Genetics: Health Disparities in the Age of Personalized Medicine,†a report that studies how personalized medicine can potentially alleviate racial and ethnic health disparities. Personalized medicine, which is the development of medicines and therapies tailored to patients’ unique genetic traits and risks ...
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Health Care Quality Gaps And Disparities Persist Nationwide
June 01, 2011
Among minority and low-income Americans, the level of health care quality and access to services remained unfavorable. ...
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Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Stroke Care
May 27, 2011
The panel said there also are disparities between whites and minorities in the knowledge of risk factors, awareness of stroke signs and symptoms. ...
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Report Shows Large Disparities Among L.A. Area Residents
May 19, 2011
These include life expectancy at birth and mortality rates to measure health; age of school enrollment and educational degree attainment to measure education. ...
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Racial Disparities Still Exist In Colorectal Cancer Screening Despite Increased Medicare Coverage
April 28, 2011
Blacks and Hispanics less likely than whites to receive screening. Disparities persisted after increased colorectal screening coverage. ...
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Education Report Reveals Disparities In Minority Opportunities
April 13, 2011
Even in schools where high-level courses are available, students of color too often canÂ’t take them because of decisions made earlier in their academic career. ...
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Poll: Most Don't Perceive Disparities In Hospital Care
April 12, 2011
A majority of the public thinks that African Americans get the same (60%) or better quality of care (2%) as Whites do when they are hospitalized. ...
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Lupus Inst. Lauds Health Dept. Plans To Reduce Disparities
April 11, 2011
Racial and ethnic minorities continue to lag behind in many health outcome measures, with less preventive care overall. ...
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Adminstration Launches Plan To Reduce Health Disparities
April 08, 2011
Racial and ethnic minorities still lag behind in many health outcome measures. They are less likely to get the preventive care they need to stay healthy. ...
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Groups Tackle Disparities In Child Welfare System
March 25, 2011
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Health Care Disparities See Little Improvement
February 28, 2011
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Xavier Holds Health Disparities Conference
February 28, 2011
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Racial Disparities In Cancer Mortality Still Remain
February 18, 2011
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Physician, Patient Disparities Linked
January 27, 2011
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Groups Unite To Reduce Native Cancer Disparities
January 13, 2011
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Will Digital Divide Impede Health Disparities Progress?
January 12, 2011
The benefit of technology may disproportionately fall to top health care facilities, and as a result, health disparities between rich and poor and between different races ...
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Study Provides Insight Into Racial Disparities In Breast Cancer
January 10, 2011
Study suggestes that the nature of the kinds of cancer they develop may be one factor in the worse survival of African American women with breast cancer. ...
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NC Black Caucus Hosts Statewide Health Disparities Summit
January 05, 2011
Currently, North Carolina minority citizens struggle with a higher incidences of uncontrolled diabetes. ...
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Using Health Care Reform To Address Racial, Ethnic Disparities
December 20, 2010
Being uninsured often means postponing needed health care services. That’s why people of color in our nation are diagnosed at more advanced disease stages. ...
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Center Releases Dual Health Disparities Reports
December 16, 2010
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Racial/Socioeconomic Disparities In Parkinson's
December 13, 2010
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Racial Disparities At VA Hospitals Revealed
December 09, 2010
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Nat'l Health Disparities Conference Wraps Up
November 16, 2010
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MI Coalition Tackles Disparities In Cancer Care
November 15, 2010
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