The disproportionate level of discrimination that LGBT adults experience in their daily lives extends to the doctor’s office, and these negative experiences have led many to change their health care and behavior, a new survey from KFF found.
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The Biden administration drew broad support for its intention to fight discrimination resulting from faulty algorithms, but medical groups are concerned about its approach.
Anti-Semitic messages spotted around Jacksonville this weekend.
People of color -- especially Black and Hispanic people -- were less likely to receive Paxlovid and other Covid-19 treatments, according to a study published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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There are numerous health inequities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). They experience lower rates of preventive screening; higher rates of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease; lower life expectancy; and higher rates of pregnancy complications. If that’s not enough, they have been at nearly six times greater risk of dying from COVID-19.
What is driving these disparities? There are a number of contributing factors, including unconscious bias against people with disabilities, physical access barriers, and inequities due to unmet social determinants of health, to name a few. But there is one area where health care policy makers and leaders can have an immediate impact for the 10 to 16 million people with IDD in the US. That is: by educating the health care workforce to meet the needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
New AAMC guidelines on diversity and equity are a much-needed addition to medical education. "When data demonstrate the glaring inequities in healthcare, there should be no argument about the need to include these data in medical training."
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would present itself as a haven for transgender youth facing discrimination in other states under a bill that advanced Monday, much as it is positioning itself as a sanctuary for those seeking abortions.