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Black women offer a solution to curb racial health care disparity

Brooke Cunningham, MD, PhD explains the health disparities women of color experience and how this impacts their health and interactions with healthcare.
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5 things to know about measuring structural racism to strategize equity goals

Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH is mentioned.
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Are Pfizer's Covid pills going to highest-risk patients? Inside the U.S. rollout

JP Leider, PhD comments on equity guardrails when resources are scarce.
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New research examines the association between structural racism in labor markets and infant birth weight

Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH comments on the cumulative impact of structural racism on Black birthing parents.
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It's Been Quite a Week in Legislation for the Public Health Workforce

JP Leider, PhD, writes in favor of recent Minnesota based bills aimed at tackling recruitment and retention of public health workers.
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As with vaccines, equity becomes an issue with COVID-19 medicines

Commentary on inequitable access to life-saving medications by JP Leider, PhD. 
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We can end the preventable crisis of Black maternal death

Explore five directives in addressing the crisis, including review of the work of Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH. 
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COVID killed Minnesota immigrants at higher rates, younger ages, study says

JP Leider, PhD is mentioned for his research on MN COVID-related death rates.
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Culturally-centered care increases feelings of respect, autonomy for birthing people of color

The research data of Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH, contributes to the recently published study.