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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.

Whites sleep better than other races. "Racism" may be to blame.

A half million ineligibles got the subsidies.

Some African countries already have more obesity than the US.

Scientists find gene variants related to being taller, healthier, and smarter.

And Denmark has taken only 18,000 asylum seekers.

Texts are in Spanish.

Our "behavioral immune system" may make us wary of foreigners.

Africa could collapse into Malthusian catastrophe.

Modern Eurasians kept the best genes from Neanderthals.

Author gloats that working-class whites are no longer central to America's identity.

Came from Uganda by way of Brazil.

4,000 years ago, migration brought blue eyes to Ireland.

More cultural friction for us to worry about.

Illegal immigrants often bring them.

Why is diversity necessary if race is a "social construct"?

You may be able to determine a person's race by the mites on his skin.

Hospital is in an area with "a very diverse population."

Brits don't like nurses who speak bad English and give bad care.

Authors say norms for Asians should differ from those for whites.

Another "gap" that must be closed.

Researchers have tracked evolutionary changes in lactose tolerance and skin color.

Researchers uncovered 14th century remains with signs of the disease.

“We got it back almost instantaneously. It was almost like the e-mail had bounced."

Hispanics are much more likely than blacks to be drug dealers.

British paper suggests no reason for this increase.

Causes appear to be drugs, alcohol, and suicide.

Black women are fatter than white women and get more aggressive cancers.

Advanced techniques for improving our species.

Liberian woman killed by her fiancé.

$128 million campaign aims to curb smoking among non-whites.

Young black patients have double the white rate of recurrence.

In only a three-month period.

It's all because of white privilege.

Gene helps them tolerate a fatty diet but also makes them an inch shorter.

More wacky research.

69 percent of Hispanics are for it.

At most ages, blacks are about three years older biologically than whites.

Another gift from the Third World.

Two-thirds of ads directed at Hispanic children are for junk food.

Yet another gift from the Third World.

We're getting one, whether we can or not.

It genes, not lifestyle, that make smart people live longer.

When they get it, they're also twice as likely to die.

The virus is not contained in Guinea and Sierra Leone, and is now reappearing in Liberia.

CA syphilis rate is second highest in the nation.