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Questions Linger Year After Mentally Ill Prisoner’s Death

RICHMOND, Va. — Jamycheal Mitchell loved making people laugh and was known for his smile. Beneath his friendly persona, however, was a young man with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia who dropped out of high school and couldn’t hold a steady job. Despite those troubles, the 24-year-old appeared to have a positive outlook. “Every time we […]

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Transgender Man Receives Support After Surgery

BOSTON — Evan “EJ” Silverberg sat on a gurney in the early-morning hours at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He was uncharacteristically quiet and calm, a fact that concerned his girlfriend, Gabi Depari. She sat next to him and held his hand, smiling. spital staff entered the pre-op room, excitement began to build. Depari, 22, […]

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Study: Lesbian, Bisexual Women Adapting Healthy Lifestyles

COLUMBIA, Mo. — About five days a week at 5:30 a.m., Hudson Lavender meets a friend in front of her home for an hour-long walk on the MKT Trail. At 52, Lavender, an independent living specialist for low-income seniors, made a goal to stay active for her health, especially after having both of her knees […]

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Puyallup Tribe Wants Medical Pot Facility

TACOMA, Wash. —The Puyallup Tribe is taking steps to grow medical marijuana on its land. The News Tribune reports that tribal leaders have amended a compact with the Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board and Gov. Jay Inslee to allow production and sales of marijuana. Earlier this year, the tribe opened a marijuana testing laboratory as […]

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NIH funds precision medicine research with a focus on health disparities

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health, has committed approximately $31 million over five years, pending available funding, to launch a new program for Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers (TCCs) for health disparities research exploring the potential for precision medicine to promote health equity and advance the […]

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Why Black & Hispanic Adults 65 & Older Should Get Vaccinated

Discussions surrounding health disparities within minority communities continuously focus on two issues: high percentages of heart disease and diabetes rates. The gaze is usually offset from a silent killer for Black and Hispanic adults over the ages of 65 and older – pneumococcal pneumonia. According to the CDC, pneumococcal disease kills about 18,000 adults 65 […]

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Camp Helps Kids Fighting Cancer

GRETNA, Nebraska — A smiling blond-haired boy slid down an inflatable water slide and sprayed Anisa Hoie as he flew by. “That’s great,” Hoie called out to him. “Awesome.” Hoie loves spotting big smiles at Camp CoHoLo, a summer camp for kids with cancer. The camp near Gretna marked its 32nd year this summer and […]

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UN Bungles Yellow Fever Response

KINSHASA, Congo — The World Health Organization and its partners shipped more than 6 million yellow fever vaccines to Angola in February to quash an emerging epidemic, yet when they asked country officials the following month what happened to the vaccines, they discovered that about 1 million doses had mysteriously disappeared. Of the shipments that […]

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Legislators Knew Pot Law Had Flaws, Senator Says

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Some apparently unconstitutional portions of Ohio’s medical marijuana law, which set aside a percentage of the state’s pot licenses for minorities, were spotted during legislative debate but left in the bill to gain needed votes, a key lawmaker says. State Sen. Bill Seitz, a Cincinnati Republican, said legally prickly provisions exposed by […]

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Family Sues Over Death Outside Hospital

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —The family of a Florida woman who died outside a hospital after she was forcibly removed by police has filed a federal lawsuit against those who forced her exit. Frances Scott, who is the personal representative of the estate of Barbara Dawson, filed it against Calhoun Liberty Hospital, including two of its former […]

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Black Doctors Ignore Distrust to Save Police Lives

DALLAS — When officers who’d been shot by a sniper in downtown Dallas started showing up at Parkland Memorial Hospital, trauma surgeon Dr. Brian H. Williams went to work, pushing aside the inner conflict he faces every day as a black man who’s fearful when encountering police. He sees the news about black men dying […]

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E.R. on S.D. Reservation Reopening

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A shuttered emergency room at a government-run hospital on South Dakota’s Rosebud Indian Reservation is reopening after seven months. Chris Buchanan, acting Great Plains area director for the Indian Health Service, told tribal officials in an email that the facility was reopening July 15, the Argus Leader newspaper reported. It’s been […]

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