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Health Equity

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Could the other SCOTUS ruling improve health for the LGBT community?

All eyes were on the U.S. Supreme Court last week as it handed down its highly anticipated decision in King…

Susan Heavey
Medical Studies

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Journal’s retraction highlights value of keeping ‘a biostatistician in your back pocket’

A now-retracted study in the journal Science once again reveals how important it is that journalists find appropriate expert sources…

Tara Haelle
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Aging in LGBT community comes with anxiety, silence for some

For a generation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults now in their 60s, 70s and 80s, silence was, for…

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