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Special Report: The Truth About Race-Norming and Health

Malika Fair is a new mother. She’s an African American. She’s a practicing physician. And, she’s the senior director of health equity partnerships and programs at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), as well as an associate clinical professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine of the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C. All of which gives her a pretty panoramic perspective on how Black people are treated by the healthcare system in the U.S. One common practice that deeply concerns Dr. Fair is called “race-norming,” which refers to the adjustment of medical test results or medical risk assessments based on a patient’s race. In other words, if you’re Black , you might score differently than you would if you are white with the identical or similar set of symptoms simply because of the color of your skin.

Black Women are Dying of COVID-19 at Higher Rates Than Men in Other Racial/Ethnic Groups

Black Women are Dying of COVID-19 at Higher Rates Than Men in Other Racial/Ethnic Groups According to a new paper in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, published by the GenderSci Lab at Harvard University, Black women are reportedly dying at significantly higher rates than white men, and disparities in mortality rates among women of all races are greater than those between white women and white men. A statement also said that the study is the first to quantify the inequities in COVID-19 mortality, when examining both race and sex group. GenderSci Lab reportedly published the first analysis of sex disparity in COVID-19 mortality across racial groups, while emphasizing the specific vulnerability of Black women.

Medication access for opioid use disorder lower among those involved with criminal justice

 E-Mail PHILADELPHIA Approximately 6.5 million people are under correctional supervision in the United States on any given day. Justice-involved individuals (people currently or recently in prison or jail, on probation or parole, or arrested) experience higher rates of substance use disorders than the general population. In fact, among people with opioid use disorder (OUD), more than half have reported contact with the criminal justice system. Numerous clinical studies have shown that medications for OUD specifically, methadone or buprenorphine lead to superior outcomes for retention in treatment, reduced illicit opioid use, and decreased opioid-related overdose rates and serious acute care compared with treatments that rely on psychosocial interventions alone. However, due to a number of barriers, including access to health insurance, access to medications for OUD for those on parole, formerly incarcerated, or recently arrested remain significantly lower than the general po

Black women are dying of COVID-19 at rates higher than men in other racial/ethnic groups

Black women are dying of COVID-19 at rates higher than men in other racial/ethnic groups
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