Gene Variant May Increase Blood Pressure in Black People July 9, 2019 A different variant — which is unique to blacks — may lower blood pressure.
The Never-Ending Mistreatment of Black Patients July 1, 2019 They receive too little care early in life but too much care late in life.
Why the Demand for Black Bone Marrow Donors Is High — And Awareness Is Low June 25, 2019 The Tuskegee experiment is to blame.
Study Finds Dozens of Associations Between Genes, Diseases in Minorities June 21, 2019 Blacks are 80 percent more likely than whites to have diabetes.
Medical Schools Are Starting to Diversify. But They’re Learning Hard Lessons Along the Way June 19, 2019 Schools are reevaluating entry requirements and taking into account non-academic factors.
Seattle Yoga Teacher’s ‘Undoing Whiteness’ Class: Founded on Deep Purpose, It’s Triggered Outrage June 11, 2019 Meditating away the "pathology of whiteness."
New Yorkers Are Living Longer Than Ever June 7, 2019 "Life expectancy is largely determined by where a person lives."
HIV Rate Has Gone UP in Some Parts of Africa Despite UN Bid to Halt the Epidemic by 2030 May 20, 2019 In some areas, more than 30 percent of the population may be infected.
‘Deaths of Despair’ Rising Among Middle-Aged Britons, Report Warnss May 17, 2019 The Telegraph ignores race — until the last paragraph.
Union President: Record Number of Border Patrol Agents Calling In Sick, CDC Needs to Step In May 9, 2019 Migrants are bringing tuberculosis, H1N1, chicken pox, and Legionnaires.
Mexican Officials Find 289 Migrants in Tractor-Trailer Rigs May 9, 2019 Bringing with them measles, chickenpox, and other diseases.
First Time Black Women Win All Three Biggest US Pageants May 6, 2019 And only one of them straightens her hair.
Couple Claims Trumbull Clinic Switched Their Embryos May 3, 2019 The baby appears to be of a different race.
Polio Vaccine Worker Shot Dead Is Third Killed in Pakistan This Week May 2, 2019 The anti-polio effort has been suspended in Pakistan because of attacks.
Border Patrol Releasing Thousands Who Were Exposed to Diseases Like Tuberculosis May 1, 2019 Guatemalans are 83 times more likely to have tuberculosis than Americans.
Sharp Increase in Congo Ebola Deaths as Medical Teams Hit by Attacks May 1, 2019 The local populations are suspicious of health workers.
Paul Joseph Watson Says Western Civilization Is Dying March 20, 2019 It’s white people who are dying.
Mumps, Other Outbreaks Force U.S. Detention Centers to Quarantine over 2,000 Migrants March 13, 2019 CBP is overwhelmed by unprecedented numbers of sick migrants.
Study Finds Racial Gap Between Who Causes Air Pollution and Who Breathes It March 12, 2019 Study claims whites experience 17 percent less air pollution than they produce.
Probe Finds Stephen Hawking’s Nurse ‘Failed to Provide the Care He Deserved’ March 12, 2019 Black nurse charged with financial misconduct, dishonesty, and not providing appropriate care.
200 Cases of Mumps Confirmed in Texas Migrant Detention Centers March 6, 2019 Mumps can take 25 days to appear.
Racist Like Me — A Call to Self-Reflection and Action for White Physicians March 4, 2019 Feeling bad about being white.
Ethnicity Does Not Determine Health Risks — And Doctors Who Say So Are Just Fueling ‘Racial Prejudice’ February 20, 2019 Because race doesn’t really exist.
Several Mumps Cases Confirmed at Texas ICE Facility, Health Officials Say February 12, 2019 An unwelcome import.
Better Survival for African-Americans with mCRPC February 12, 2019 Treatment works better on blacks than whites.
Large-Scale Study Reveals Genetic Risk of Diabetes in the Japanese Population February 5, 2019 Some of the offending gene variants are unique to the Japanese.
Border Patrol Struggles with Flood of Sick Migrants January 28, 2019 Agents have spent 20,000 hours since October driving asylum seekers to and from medical exams.
Tucker Carlson and the Question of White Victimhood January 11, 2019 Fox News commentator has raised the ire of Conservatism, Inc.
Tuberculosis, Flu, Infections Rampant as the Number of Sick Migrants Surge at Border January 9, 2019 Parents bring their sick children hoping to use them as shields against deportation.
Racial Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease Unveiled January 7, 2019 "If we only study Alzheimer's in Caucasians, we'll only learn about Alzheimer's in Caucasians."
Soaring Suicide Rate Is Up 33 Percent Since 1999 in Rural America November 29, 2018 Isolation is a major cause.
One-Third of Migrants in Caravan Are Being Treated for Health Issues, Tijuana Health Official Says November 29, 2018 TB, chickenpox, HIV, lice, skin and respiratory infections, Hepatitis — all traveling with the migrant caravan.
Birth Canals Are Different All over the World, Countering a Long-Held Evolutionary Theory October 25, 2018 European and Amerindian birth canals are more oval than those of Asians and Africans.
‘Do White People Dominate the Outdoors?’ MEC Apologizes for Using Only White Models October 25, 2018 Ads featuring only white models are “visual apartheid.”
Why White Supremacists Are Chugging Milk (and Why Geneticists Are Alarmed) October 18, 2018 And why scientists are afraid of their own science.
Māori Eight Times More Likely to Get TB than Pākehā September 26, 2018 “It’s a disease of colonization.”
A Racial Introduction to Chile, Part III September 7, 2018 The country now faces a demographic threat.
Rare STI Which Causes Genitals to Erupt into Flesh Eating Ulcers Diagnosed in Southport August 22, 2018 This disease is usually found only in southeast India, Guyana, and New Guinea.
Parasite-Mare: The Deadly Parasitic Worm That’s Set to Invade Europe — And It Lays Its Eggs Inside Human Organs July 10, 2018 Another unwanted immigrant.
Being Black in America Can Be Hazardous to Your Health June 12, 2018 An extended look at black culture.
Suicide Rates Are on the Rise in Nearly Every State in the US, According to a New Report June 8, 2018 Whites commit 83.6 percent of all suicides.
Threat of Malaria Left Its Mark on the Immune System in People with African Ancestry June 8, 2018 Blacks “have a genotype that helps to protect from malaria.”
Superstition Stopping Ebola Victims from Seeking Medical Care May 24, 2018 Many believe that Ebola began as “a curse on those who ate stolen meat.”
Suicide Rates for Black Children Twice That of Whites May 23, 2018 The results are seen in both boys and girls.
Disability Rates Among Working-Age Adults Are Shaped by Race, Place, and Education May 17, 2018 In most places, blacks have higher disability rates than whites.
Study: Affluent Black Kids Suffer Higher Rates of Depression Because … You Guessed It: Racism May 16, 2018 “Or maybe it’s just white people.”
STDs In L.A. County Are Skyrocketing. Officials Think Racism and Stigma May Be to Blame May 7, 2018 LA has launched a Center for Health Equity to fix the problem.
Innovative Tech Platform Blacture Launches in Pittsburgh to Accelerate Black Culture May 7, 2018 Blacture is intended to “accelerate” black culture.
The DNA Data We Have Is Too White. Scientists Want to Fix That May 1, 2018 87 percent of people who have participated in genomics research are white.
Blacks See Major Drop in Premature Death Rates as Racial Disparity Diminishes April 26, 2018 Young blacks’ premature deaths are often due to homicide.
Black Americans Don’t Sleep As Well As White Americans. That’s a Problem. April 13, 2018 Blacks don’t sleep as long as whites, and the sleep they get is of poorer quality.
The Epidemic of White Male Suicide April 12, 2018 Liberals think demographic changes may be to blame.
NYC Sees Largest Increase in Tuberculosis Cases in 26 Years March 28, 2018 The disease comes from China, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, and Mexico.
Native American Overdose Deaths Surge Since Opioid Epidemic March 21, 2018 Count is probably underestimated.
Is Your Spin Class Too Young, Too Thin and Too White? March 20, 2018 The “problem” is that people like to be around people like themselves.
Asthma Inhalers Fail Minority Children Due to a Lack of Diversity in Research March 19, 2018 "Part of the reason is that genetic differences affect how people respond to medical treatment."
Drugs, Alcohol, Suicide Killing More Americans Than Ever February 23, 2018 Fatal drug overdoses among non-whites rose 39 percent from 2015 to 2016.
Measles Cases More Than Triple in Europe February 21, 2018 WHO says it’s because of low vaccination rates.
Asian-American Ethnicity Associated with Severe Stroke, Worse Outcomes January 31, 2018 Whites do better with post-stroke care than Asians who receive the same care.
‘Powerful Clues’ Show Tumor Biology Contributes to Racial Disparities in Mortality January 26, 2018 It’s “bad science” to ignore the racial differences.
How Doctors Deal with Racist Patients January 23, 2018 Some providers don't honor patient requests for doctors of their own race.
500 Years Later, Scientists Think They’ve Solved Germ Mystery That Nearly Wiped Out Mexican Population January 16, 2018 In a five-year period, 15 million Aztecs died from "cocoliztli."
Cluster of Resistant Tuberculosis Pathogen Discovered January 11, 2018 Never-before-seen mutations found in "refugees" coming from Horn of Africa.
Cancer Study: Lower Survival Rates for Blacks in U.S. January 3, 2018 Death rate for black women from uterine cancer is 92 percent higher than for white women.
The Opioid Crisis Is Getting Worse, Particularly for Black Americans December 29, 2017 The steepest rise in deaths from overdosing is among older black men.
How Racism May Cause Black Mothers to Suffer the Death of Their Infants December 21, 2017 Discrimination causes babies to be born without lungs.