COVID-19 Has Devastated The Black Community. Here's Why And What Needs To Change.
4 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 Has Devastated The Black Community. Here's Why And What Needs To Change.

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"A recent poll showed Black Americans are twice as likely to know someone who has tested positive or died from COVID-19." A recent poll showed Black Americans are twice as likely to know someone who has tested positive or died from COVID-19. But, Black Americans have also had less access to COVID-19 testing and medical care. The grief and anxiety is profound, especially when compounded by recent news of police violence against and harassment of Black people.” During my allergy and immunology fellowship training, I started to think about how patients became research participants.

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Study reveals toll of being Black in U.S.: 1.6 million excess deaths over 22 years
1 year, 7 months ago

Study reveals toll of being Black in U.S.: 1.6 million excess deaths over 22 years

LA Times  

Research has long shown that Black people live sicker lives and die younger than white people. Now a new study, published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA, casts the nation’s racial inequities in stark relief, finding that the higher mortality rate among Black Americans resulted in 1.63 million excess deaths relative to white Americans over more than two decades. We …

A 'staggering' number of people couldn't get care during the pandemic, poll finds
2 years, 5 months ago

A 'staggering' number of people couldn't get care during the pandemic, poll finds

NPR  

A 'staggering' number of people couldn't get care during the pandemic, poll finds Enlarge this image toggle caption Nicole Buchanan for NPR Nicole Buchanan for NPR When the pandemic started, Tomeka Kimbrough-Hilson knew she had a small growth inside her uterus. That's a "staggering" number of people unable to access care, says Mary Findling, the assistant director of the Harvard …

Black community has new option for health care: The church
3 years, 6 months ago

Black community has new option for health care: The church

Associated Press  

MILWAUKEE — Every Sunday at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, the Rev. We can’t allow for that to happen again.” Choose Healthy Life, a national initiative involving Black clergy, United Way of New York City and others, has been awarded a $9.9 million U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant to expand vaccinations and and make permanent the “health navigators” …

Here's What Happened When I Told Congress The Black And Ugly Truth About Long COVID
3 years, 7 months ago

Here's What Happened When I Told Congress The Black And Ugly Truth About Long COVID

Huff Post  

Had it been any day before March 22, 2020, I probably would have said something more intricate and pristine. Long COVID had destroyed and devastated my life with such ferocity that I didn’t have the energy to play “politics.” Creating a reputation as one of the few Black female patient-led advocates before the hearing, I made the difficult decision early …

'You Can't Treat If You Can't Empathize': Black Doctors Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy
3 years, 11 months ago

'You Can't Treat If You Can't Empathize': Black Doctors Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy

NPR  

'You Can't Treat If You Can't Empathize': Black Doctors Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy Enlarge this image toggle caption Kristamarie Collman Kristamarie Collman Black Americans have been catching the coronavirus, getting severely ill and dying from it, at a rate higher than other racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. Black Americans are also less likely to want to get the COVID-19 …

Nearly one third of Black Americans remain hesitant to get Covid-19 vaccine, study finds
4 years ago

Nearly one third of Black Americans remain hesitant to get Covid-19 vaccine, study finds

CNN  

Editor’s Note: CNN’s Don Lemon and Dr. Sanjay Gupta explore vaccine hesitancy in the Black community on CNN TV’s “The Color of Covid: The Vaccines” Friday, December 18 at 10p ET. The findings come as the nation’s top health leaders urge Black people to trust the vaccine, by hosting live events where Black health professionals are among the first to …

In Minority Neighborhoods, Knocking On Doors To Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus
4 years, 6 months ago

In Minority Neighborhoods, Knocking On Doors To Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus

NPR  

In Minority Neighborhoods, Knocking On Doors To Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus Enlarge this image toggle caption Sarah McCammon/NPR Sarah McCammon/NPR Around the country, communities of color continue to be among the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. "It's always gonna affect the lower-income communities and the minorities, just for the simple matter of fact that they've been dealing …

Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly 4 Times As Likely To End Up In Hospital
4 years, 6 months ago

Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly 4 Times As Likely To End Up In Hospital

NPR  

Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly 4 Times As Likely To End Up In Hospital Enlarge this image toggle caption John Moore/Getty Images John Moore/Getty Images New federal data reinforces the stark racial disparities that have appeared with COVID-19: According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Black Americans enrolled in Medicare were hospitalized with the disease at rates …

Poll: Black Americans most likely to know a COVID-19 victim
4 years, 6 months ago

Poll: Black Americans most likely to know a COVID-19 victim

Associated Press  

DETROIT — African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since March, according to a series of surveys conducted since April that lays bare how black Americans have borne the brunt of the pandemic. While recent surveys conducted by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research have found …

Van Jones: I’m someone Covid-19 could easily kill. Here is what I’m doing about it (Opinion)
4 years, 8 months ago

Van Jones: I’m someone Covid-19 could easily kill. Here is what I’m doing about it (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: CNN host Van Jones is the CEO of the REFORM Alliance, a criminal justice organization. If the African American community is going to beat this virus – and create a pandemic-resistant black community – we are going to have to make big changes in both our public systems and our personal lives. This virus is especially lethal to …

Opinion: U.S. Must Avoid Building Racial Bias Into COVID-19 Emergency Guidance
4 years, 8 months ago

Opinion: U.S. Must Avoid Building Racial Bias Into COVID-19 Emergency Guidance

NPR  

Opinion: U.S. Must Avoid Building Racial Bias Into COVID-19 Emergency Guidance Enlarge this image toggle caption John Moore/Getty Images John Moore/Getty Images Our patient in the emergency bay was not doing well. Several states and organizations have started to release Crisis Standards of Care guidelines in recent weeks — these are meant to help hospitals ration critical resources like ventilators …

Racism: The most dangerous ‘pre-existing condition’
4 years, 8 months ago

Racism: The most dangerous ‘pre-existing condition’

Al Jazeera  

Black Americans are dying disproportionately from COVID-19 and there is a reason for it. As Dr Lisa Cooper, a physician at Johns Hopkins University explained in an interview for US News: “This is because as a group, African Americans in the US have higher rates of poverty, housing and food insecurity, unemployment or underemployment, and chronic medical conditions and disabilities.” …

Racism: The most dangerous ‘pre-existing condition’
4 years, 8 months ago

Racism: The most dangerous ‘pre-existing condition’

Al Jazeera  

Black Americans are dying disproportionately from COVID-19 and there is a reason for it. As Dr Lisa Cooper, a physician at Johns Hopkins University explained in an interview for US News: “This is because as a group, African Americans in the US have higher rates of poverty, housing and food insecurity, unemployment or underemployment, and chronic medical conditions and disabilities.” …

Peeling back this pandemic’s layers of inequality
4 years, 8 months ago

Peeling back this pandemic’s layers of inequality

CNN  

Washington CNN — Scientific realities about the coronavirus pandemic have reached an unnerving turn: Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, is striking a uniquely heavy blow to people of color – and especially to black Americans. That includes everyone 65 and older – but also many people who are under 65 who might think that they’re not at serious …

The questions to ask and actions to take to help black Americans fight the virus (opinion)
4 years, 8 months ago

The questions to ask and actions to take to help black Americans fight the virus (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Maya Clark-Cutaia, PhD, ACNP-BC, RN, is an assistant professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. The people who need our immediate action are those with chronic conditions, like dialysis patients, who are supported by federally subsidized programs and already make decisions about their health based on their basic needs—for instance, spending money to pay rent or buy …

Black People Are Dying Of COVID-19 At Alarming Rates. Here's Why.
4 years, 9 months ago

Black People Are Dying Of COVID-19 At Alarming Rates. Here's Why.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING DETROIT — Greg Bowens stopped counting when seven people he knew well had died of COVID-19. “We haven’t dealt with social inequality in America, whether in education or job or incomes,” said Hedwig Lee, a sociology professor at Washington University in St. Louis who studies racial disparities in health. “People are living together in the same house …

Here is why African Americans are dying at higher rates from COVID-19
4 years, 9 months ago

Here is why African Americans are dying at higher rates from COVID-19

Raw Story  

The new coronavirus isn't biased about who it infects -- so why does data emerging from some states suggest that African Americans are bearing the brunt of the pandemic in the US? "We know that blacks are more likely to have diabetes, heart disease, lung disease," the nation's top doctor, Surgeon General Jerome Adams told CBS News on Tuesday. Doctor …

Editorial: COVID-19 is disproportionately killing minorities. That’s not a coincidence
4 years, 9 months ago

Editorial: COVID-19 is disproportionately killing minorities. That’s not a coincidence

LA Times  

At the Brightmoor Connection Food Pantry in Detroit, Rabbi Yosef Chesed, left, helps unload bottled water being donated by Lorie Lutz, right, on March 23, 2020, to help families whose water had been cut off during the COVID-19 pandemic. African Americans are far more likely to suffer from the underlying health problems that are associated with serious and fatal COVID-19 …

‘A crisis within a crisis’: Black Americans face higher rates of coronavirus deaths
4 years, 9 months ago

‘A crisis within a crisis’: Black Americans face higher rates of coronavirus deaths

LA Times  

Tabby Granville, left, returned home to husband Kenneth Frazier and 6-year-old son Kadien in Baton Rouge, La., on Tuesday after taking her 79-year-old father to the hospital, where he tested positive for COVID-19. “People say that COVID-19 is a great equalizer and that everyone’s going to be impacted,” said Blackstock, chief executive of Advancing Health Equity. “These co-morbidities render black …

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