Ebola Victim Who Sparked Fears of a Worldwide Outbreak Was American July 30, 2014 Liberian native was returning to Michigan from Africa.
Controversial Research Claims Black People Age More Quickly–And Are up to Three Years Older in Health Terms July 23, 2014 Researchers say the cause may not be genetic.
Ebola Panic Spreads in West Africa as Locals Accuse Aid Workers of Spreading Deadly Virus July 15, 2014 Disease has already killed 500 people.
NIH Spends $358K to Reduce Health Disparities Among LGBTQ Youth of Color July 11, 2014 Non-white homosexuals suffer "'tricultural' experiences of stigma."
Scabies Spreads Among Border Detainees July 7, 2014 Some infected immigrants were among those activists turned away in Murrieta.
Tibetan Altitude Gene Inherited ‘from Extinct Species’ July 3, 2014 Admixture with Denisovans gave Tibetans a special gene that regulates the number of red blood cells.
Medical Staff Warned: Keep Your Mouths Shut About Illegal Immigrants or Face Arrest July 2, 2014 Children with scabies and lice are being sent around the country in public transport.
In Human Evolution, Changes in Skin’s Barrier Set Northern Europeans Apart July 1, 2014 Increased absorption of vitamin D may not have been the reason for lighter skin.
Swine Flu Confirmed at Shelter for Unaccompanied Minors June 26, 2014 The infected illegal is staying at Lackland Airforce Base.
New Research Sheds Light on Racial Disparity in Colon Cancer June 24, 2014 Worse black outcomes are partly due to genetics.
Genetic Discovery Shows Racial Differences a Factor in Mortality in Heart Attack Patients on Anti-Clotting Drug June 18, 2014 Researcher: "The research is provocative."
Threat Grows from Liver Illness Tied to Obesity June 16, 2014 Especially strikes Hispanics. Only cure is diet and exercise.
HIV & AIDS Among African Americans June 13, 2014 Blacks account for more than half of the AIDS deaths in the US.
Mexican Genetics Study Reveals Huge Variation in Ancestry June 12, 2014 Some groups are as different from each other as Europeans are to Chinese.
Amerindian-Specific Regions Under Positive Selection Harbour New Lipid Variants in Latinos June 9, 2014 Researchers say genes contribute to higher obesity rates in Mexicans.
Race Could Be a Factor in Head, Neck Cancer Survival Rates June 6, 2014 Black survival rates haven't improved in 40 years, despite advances in treatment.
Despite Enrollment Success, Healthcare Law Still Unpopular June 2, 2014 There are substantial racial differences in approval rates.
CDC: Highest Number of U.S. Measles Cases Since 2000 May 30, 2014 Since 2000, all measles cases come from overseas.
Political Correctness Makes Race and Genetics Taboo in the West, Which Is Why China Is Winning May 20, 2014 American journalists are terrified of racial differences.
Charging into the Minefield of Genes and Racial Difference May 16, 2014 The Times critiques its longtime science writer's latest book.
Study: Young Black Children Drown at Far Higher Rates May 16, 2014 They drown at 5 times the rate of whites.
Inner City Oakland Youth Suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder May 16, 2014 Harvard doctors say it may be a more severe form of PTSD: "hood disease."
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status May 13, 2014 Even controlling for income, blacks are 1.84 times more likely to get the worst kind of breast cancer.
Oft-Assumed Reasons for Racial Obesity Disparities May Not Be Only Cause, Study Says April 17, 2014 SES and physical activity level explain only 10 percent of the obesity disparity in women.
Huge Gap in Pollution Exposure by Race Surprises U of M Researchers April 17, 2014 Non-whites are exposed to 40 percent more air pollution than whites.
Ebola Outbreak: At Least 100 Die in West Africa April 15, 2014 The virus kills a majority of those infected.
The Future of Race and Science: Regression or Revolution April 10, 2014 Penn's Africana Studies Department to report the latest findings on race.
Europeans Have Three times More Neanderthal Genes for Lipid Catabolism than Asians or Africans April 3, 2014 Whites' brain lipid concentration differs from other races because of these genes.
White People the Least Healthy Ethnic Group in Britain April 2, 2014 Will British officials clamor for a narrowing of this "health gap"?
South African HIV Prevalence Rises on Soaring New Infections April 2, 2014 Nearly a quarter of young black women in South Africa are infected.
California Struggling to Enroll African Americans in Obamacare March 27, 2014 17 percent of blacks in California are uninsured; only 3 percent of California enrollees are black.
Hispanics Being Left behind in Health Care Overhaul March 25, 2014 There's been a lack of "culturally sensitive" outreach.
In Research Involving Genome Analysis, Some See a ‘New Racism’ March 24, 2014 It has become impossible to ignore the biological basis of race.
New Genetic Analysis Identifies Ancestry, Reduces False Positives in Pinpointing Disease March 18, 2014 It can distinguish even between people from different parts of Finland.
Study Links Africans’ Ability to Digest Milk to Spread of Cattle Raising March 13, 2014 There was a different lactose-tolerance mutation in Africa from that of Europe.
Measles Uptick in U.S. Linked to Philippines, CDC Says March 7, 2014 Unvaccinated college student brought the disease to California.
Penn Researchers ‘Edit’ Genes to Make Cells Resist HIV March 6, 2014 They edited the genes to match an HIV-resistant variant found in 10 percent of whites.
Is Racism Making You Fat? Victims of Prejudice Are at Greater Risk of Obesity March 5, 2014 Whitey's to blame.
Report: 125,000 Immigrants Given Deferred Action Eligible for Medi-Cal February 26, 2014 Illegals who received deferred action can qualify for Medicaid in California.
White House Pushes for Black Enrollees February 24, 2014 Many already go to ER for free so don't want to pay for Obamacare.
NYC: More Black Babies Killed by Abortion Than Born February 21, 2014 24,700 black babies were born in NYC; 31,328 were aborted.
Study Finds Grocery Hasn’t Changed Area’s Health February 18, 2014 Poor area's new $15 million "Fresh Grocer" hasn't changed bad eating habits.
Experts Concerned Scientific Advances Are Giving Rise to Neoracism February 17, 2014 Science is making racial reality undeniable.
Coca-Cola’s America Is Beautiful Ad: Why Liberals Should Be Upset February 10, 2014 Multi-culti Coke is trying to hook Hispanics on sugar water.
Hispanics’ Obamacare Headache January 31, 2014 Obamacare makes it harder for Hispanics to find doctors "who appreciate our culture."
Study: Racial Gaps Exist in Car-Seat Usage January 31, 2014 Income and education do not explain the differences.
Detroit’s Infant Mortality Rate Rivals Areas of Third World January 30, 2014 Black babies are twice as likely as white babies to die in their first month.
The Little Bit of Neanderthal in All of Us January 29, 2014 Some Neanderthal genes affecting skin and hair are common in non-Africans.
Human–Microbe Mismatch Boosts Risk of Stomach Cancer January 27, 2014 Bacterium strain is more likely to cause cancer if it evolved in a different region than the human host.
Covered California Faulted for Low Latino Enrollment January 24, 2014 Only 20 percent of people who have signed up are Hispanic.
Sunlight May Lower Your Blood Pressure January 21, 2014 Is this why blacks in temperate climes have high blood pressure?
HIV-Positive College Student Secretly Filmed Sex Tapes with 32 People: Police January 20, 2014 He also spread gonorrhea.
Report: Thinner Doesn’t Mean Healthy for Asian-Americans January 16, 2014 They are as likely as whites to have high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
The Thinnest Americans Are Asian Americans, CDC Data Show January 15, 2014 Asians are half as likely as blacks to be overweight.
Press Call & MLK, Jr. Annual Health Care Disparaties January 15, 2014 There's still time to sign up to hear this important message on the evils of "racism."
Racism May Accelerate Aging in African-American Men January 7, 2014 Blacks who complain of discrimination and who have anti-black attitudes have shorter telomeres.
Studies of a Skin Color Gene Across Global Populations Reveal Shared Origins January 3, 2014 Whites share a gene mutation for light skin with some Middle Easterners and Indians.
Views on End-of-Life Medical Treatments December 30, 2013 White more likely than blacks and Hispanics to approve of doctor-assisted suicide.
NIH Study: Single-Parent Households Detrimental to Health of Black Males December 27, 2013 They are more likely to have high blood pressure.
Diabetes Risk Gene from ‘Neanderthals’ December 26, 2013 Amerindians and Hispanics are most likely to have the variant.
Study Finds Black Women Most Likely to Have High Blood Pressure December 24, 2013 Also finds blacks are twice as likely as whites to have undiagnosed high blood pressure.
Study: Black Women Lose Less Weight Than White Women on Same Diet December 23, 2013 Black women have slower metabolisms.
Study Links Autism and Somalis in Minneapolis December 19, 2013 Both whites and Somalis in Minneapolis have abnormally high rates of autism.
California Hispanics Lagging in Sign-Ups for Health Insurance December 17, 2013 Obamacare needs them badly.
Feds Spending $82 Million ‘Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health’ December 11, 2013 . . . between non-whites and the "general population."
U.S. Touts Benefits of Health Law for African-Americans December 10, 2013 It would help more blacks if red states would expand Medicaid.
Poor Black and Hispanic Men Are the Face of H.I.V. December 9, 2013 80 percent of men who get HIV from other men are black or Hispanic.
New, Aggressive HIV Strain Causes AIDS Faster December 5, 2013 Discovered in Africa. Immigrants expected to bring it to the United States and Europe.
Study of Young Parents Highlights Links Among Stress, Poverty and Ethnicity November 29, 2013 Hispanics, particularly recent immigrants, were the least stressed.
The Obamacare Crisis November 22, 2013 55 percent of Obamacare recipients are expected to be non-white.