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disparities
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Webcast can help you report on the impact of disparities on the pandemic
A growing body of data indicates that COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting both communities of color and vulnerable populations such as…
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Webcast to explore the high cost of failing to cover the uninsured during pandemic
Leaving anyone uninsured during this viral pandemic increases the risk of spreading the disease. A warning report on Monday from…
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Reporter explores impact of medical credit cards on dental debt
Dental patients in need of costly procedures may turn to medical credit cards to pay for the services. But these…
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COVID-19 is hitting older LGBTQ adults especially hard
The coronavirus pandemic has put the LGBTQ community at increased risk for severe illness and death if they develop COVID-19.…
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Report details unmet needs of older adults living with HIV/AIDS
At the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, those with the disease typically only lived a few years…
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Reporter looks at how diseases of poverty flourish in the U.S.
Neglected tropical diseases, a group of parasitic, bacterial and viral infectious diseases that primarily affect the poorest countries in the…
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Report shows health insurers are failing to comply with mental health parity laws
A recent report indicates that health insurers are failing to comply with mental health parity laws for people with employer-sponsored…
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Tip sheet looks at global longevity challenge
What do we mean by healthy longevity and how do we achieve it? That is the focus of the Global…
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Maternal deaths among black women focus attention on the need for policy and payment reform
For the past several years, health care journalists have correctly focused on the rising rate of pregnancy-related mortality in the…
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Globe Spotlight journalist reports on the link between economic inequality and financial toxicity in health care
Two of the biggest issues the Democratic candidates are addressing in the presidential race are economic inequality and the need…