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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Kody Kinsley discusses the impact of Medicaid expansion on prescriptions during a news conference at the North Carolina Executive Mansion in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday, July 12, 2024. MAKIYA SEMINERA/AP

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North Carolina's health disparities report shows a quickly aging population and lack of rural health care access

10:14am September 20, 2024

In a new report released by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, the state statistics show North Carolinians are getting older and lack access to health care the more rural they are.

N.C. A&T partners with Cone Health to address disparities through community outreach

1:50pm July 06, 2023

by Amy Diaz

The first event, which will be held on Saturday, is called “Building a Better You."

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City, Cone Health collaborate to boost health in east Greensboro neigborhoods

11:03am June 23, 2023

by Paul Garber

New health and wellness resources are planned for neighborhoods in east Greensboro under a partnership with the city and Cone Health.

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick believes offering medical explanations in clear, everyday language from trusted messengers can help shrink health disparities. Her video company, Grapevine Health, is built on that idea — and some health insurers are buying in.

'Dr. Lisa on the Street' busts health myths and empowers patients

5:22pm February 13, 2023

She's seen what happens when people don't trust or understand their doctor. Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick founded 'Grapevine Health' to get solid information out, especially to Black and Latinx patients.

Bithaniya Fieseha, a high school senior, graduates from the Youth Public Health Ambassador program run by the Fairfax County Health Department at West Springfield High School in Fairfax County, Va.

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Short on community health workers, a county trains teens as youth ambassadors

9:50am January 01, 2023

by Pien Huang

In Fairfax County, Va., the health department is training high school students to become health ambassadors in underserved communities and get a leg up on future careers in public health.

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A pediatrician examines a newborn baby in her clinic in Chicago on Tuesday in 2019. In a new policy statement released Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics says it is putting all its guidance under the microscope to eliminate "race-based" medicine a

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A U.S. pediatricians' group is trying to eliminate race-based medical guidance

12:57pm May 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

The American Academy of Pediatrics is reexamining its treatment recommendations. Pediatricians have followed flawed guidelines linking race to risks for urinary infections and newborn jaundice.

Members of the Black Equity Coalition, a grassroots team of researchers and advocates, meet regularly to discuss how they can use data to uncover life-threatening disparities between white and Black Pittsburgh. Clockwise, from top left are Kellie Ware, Ka

Data analysts proved what Black Pittsburgh knew about COVID's racial disparities

1:56pm December 07, 2021

by Christine Spolar

Community leaders saw early in the pandemic that the city's residents of color were being hit hard by COVID-19. They worked with data analysts to show just how hard, where and why.

A Planet Fitness employee cleans equipment before a gym's reopening in March in Inglewood, Calif., after being closed due to COVID-19. Reduced access to recreation likely has contributed to weight gain during the pandemic.

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Obesity Rates Rise During Pandemic, Fueled By Stress, Job Loss, Sedentary Lifestyle

3:34pm September 29, 2021

by Yuki Noguchi

New data shows the pandemic exacerbated an already fast-growing problem, tipping more Americans' weight over the scales into unhealthy territory.

Last year, in her first year of medical school at Harvard, Pooja Chandrashekar recruited 175 multilingual health profession students from around the U.S. to create simple and accurate fact sheets about COVID-19 in 40 languages.

How Medical Jargon Can Make COVID Health Disparities Even Worse

1:43pm May 24, 2021

by Fran Kritz

There's a lot of room for dangerous misunderstanding when doctors and public health officials talk to diverse groups about COVID-19. Health literacy projects aim to dispel confusion in all languages.

Interpreter Ana Maria Rios-Velez demonstrates the screening app at the front entrance of Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston. It has a multilingual function to better communicate with non-English speaking patients and staff.

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The Pandemic Imperiled Non-English Speakers In A Hospital

5:00am April 23, 2021

by Martha Bebinger

Data from a Boston hospital showed that Latino patients who did not speak English well had a 35% greater risk of death from COVID-19. The hospital has added interpretation capacity.