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What else could it be?

Black rates are keeping up with white rates.

A philosopher’s elegant and compelling dissection of the race problem.

Black mothers in the U.S. die at three-to-four times the rate of white mothers because of discrimination.

“Porous borders” help spread the disease.

Blacks have by far the highest rates.

There have been 1,200 cases in the past three months.

Quaint practice is spreading the black death in Madagascar.

22 percent of blacks say they have avoided seeking health care for fear of discrimination.

The association was not evident among whites.

Attempt at racial sensitivity backfires.

How whites, blacks, and Hispanics differ as patients.

20,000 Americans died last year from taking fentanyl.

Whites and blacks seem to respond differently to high levels of exercise.

Gunshot wounds cost an estimated $2.8 billion per year.

Racism is usually blamed for bad health among non-whites. The real causes are likely to be genetic.

Who brought these third-world conditions?

Suit alleges that Coke tricks blacks into thinking soda is healthy.

20 percent of blacks have the gene mutation.

How bad is the problem?

County officials expect at least 800 overdose deaths by the end of the year.

Could be the first step in confronting America's "White Death."

Non-whites think they are immune from melanoma . . . which has fatal consequences.

They are recommending that all Somali children by vaccinated as soon as possible.

Outbreak originated among Somalis.

But race is still a social construct.

Says there is no word for "stress" in Zulu.

Ordinary Italians are finally waking up to the reality of the onslaught.

Bad nutrition, poor education, and high murder rates drag down US figures.

Good reason to stay home.

Doctors should understand "the uniqueness, importance, and nuances of your culture and lived experiences."

Alcohol-related death rate more than doubled since 1999.

Genetic differences in collagen content may be to blame.

One herb dealer got his training from "visions in my dreams."

Neanderthal genes help Europeans "live in peace with the microbes."

Blacks and whites differ in 24 prostate cancer-related genes.

They are especially vulnerable to stomach and liver cancer.

The flight attendant apologized several times, but "she will not get away with this."

It is more common now because of increases in child obesity.

Increases in obesity among black women are part of the problem.

Four in five black smokers choose menthols.

Programs will try to reduce obesity, smoking, and heart disease in blacks.

Race is real when it explains false diagnoses for blacks.

They "age more slowly at the molecular level."

It was supposed to stop the spread of AIDS.

He has HIV, but villagers think sleeping with him is a "cleansing" ritual.

NYT reports there might actually be genetic reasons.

Lupus is highly heritable and Chinese are most likely to have contributing genes.

Mother came to US to have baby who, of course, is now a citizen.

But the state needs the federal government's permission.

Study author says delirium treatments may one day differ by race.

Blacks have twice the white rate of infant mortality even with identical medical care.

Calling "racism" a mental illness may prevent more "institutional" remedies.

And Obama wants to increase the refugee cap to 100,000.

Authorities refuse to say if they are immigrants.

New US citizen will cost tax-payers $1 to $10 million for lifetime treatment.

Outbreak began in a detention center for immigrants.

"Precision medicine" will account for individual genotypes

Blacks and Hispanics living longer, whites dying sooner.

In 1989, the plan was to eradicate it by 2010.

Unmarried 17 year old. Hispanic family values.

Few of the genetic indicators of asthma in whites are also found in blacks.

National Review takes notice.

Whites and Amerindians most affected.

Increased suicide and drug overdosing contributed to white women's decreased life expectancy.

British military didn't consider that blacks are more susceptible to cold injuries.

Common gout treatment is more likely to cause severe reactions in Asians and blacks.

Medical students don't understand race differences.

Interesting data on race, sex, age, and suicide rates.

That's true of Melanesians, at least.

Kenya will now let legitimate doctors advertise so they can compete with witch doctors.

In Sweden, refugees are 3.6 times more likely to be psychotic than the native-born.

Blacks most vulnerable, followed by whites, then Asians.

Compared to one in 11 gay white men.

Whites are better at ignoring pain and focusing on the task at hand.