Study Finds Racial Disparities in Advanced Heart Failure Treatment
Health
Study Finds Racial Disparities in Advanced Heart Failure Treatment
2022-10-19 14:52:43
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — White Adults were twice as likely as Black adults treated at advanced heart failure centers to receive potentially life-changing therapies, such as transplants and mechanical heart pumps, a new National Institutes of Health-supported study has found. Researchers followed... Read More

New Conservative Target: Race as Factor in COVID Treatment
COVID-19
New Conservative Target: Race as Factor in COVID Treatment

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Some conservatives are taking aim at policies that allow doctors to consider race as a risk factor when allocating scarce COVID-19 treatments, saying the protocols discriminate against white people. The wave of infections brought on by... Read More

Gov’t Data Show Race, Region Disparities in School Reopening
Education
Gov’t Data Show Race, Region Disparities in School Reopening

Nearly half of the nation's elementary schools were open for full-time classroom learning as of last month, but the share of students learning in-person has varied greatly by region and by race, with most nonwhite students learning entirely online, according... Read More

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