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Minnesota infant mortality rate disparities creates need for new care facilities

Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH comments on health disparities for black mothers. 
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New Article: Educated Citizenry or Workforce Pipeline Development? Questions for the Future of Undergraduate Public Health in the United States

JP Leider, PhD, along with his co-authors, ask some big questions for the future of public health education as undergraduate degrees surpass MPH degrees for the first time.
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Patients With Vulnerable Immune Systems Worry Vaccine Exemptions May Put Them in Peril

Clinical Ethicist Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C weighs in on the dilemma.
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Dr. Tara Gustilo, Hennepin Healthcare Ob-Gyn doctor's Discrimination Lawsuit

Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH comments on her research of race-based birth disparities.
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Immunocompromised patients worry vaccine exemptions put them in peril

Clinical Ethicist, Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C discusses how hospital staff can respond to questions about their vaccination status.
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Doctors fighting racial health disparities face threats, harassment

JP Leider, PhD pushes back on the success of political agendas to remove public health policies addressing health disparities based on race.
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Minnesota's 2021 death toll well above expected total despite vaccine

Public Health Policy researcher JP Leider, PhD, comments on the link between deaths and vaccination status, particularly among those under 65.
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Hennepin Healthcare CEO says she's 'taken action' over blackface photo

Hennepin Healthcare started major racial equity work in 2020 and hired Nneka O. Sederstrom, PhD, MPH, MA, FCCP, FCCM, as the Chief Health Equity Officer in 2021.
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Heroes, Villains, or Something Else? How narrative thinking can help us make sense of tragedies like the death of Scott Quiner

Sometimes the best way to share an idea with another person is by telling a story. In stories, we can see how characters develop and we witness the effects of their choices. Was a character a hero or a villain, or something in between?…
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Why Birth Trauma Needs To Be Part of Black Maternal Health Conversations

Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH discusses the nuances of birth trauma.