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Doctors fighting racial health disparities face threats, harassment

Doctors fighting racial health disparities face threats, harassment

Dr. Aletha Maybank joined the American Medical Association as its first chief health equity officer in 2019, determined to fight racial disparities in medicine.  That work grew more urgent in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic exposed deadly inequities in health care, and as George Floyd’s 

Ukraine, contending with Covid and polio, faces mounting health threats

Ukraine, contending with Covid and polio, faces mounting health threats

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine delivers a host of really serious threats to general public wellbeing over and above the armed service violence by itself, professionals alert. The conflict could make it tough for men and women with disorders like diabetic issues or most cancers to