https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/what-is-driving-widening-racial-disparities-in-life-expectancy/
Aug 9, 2025 - This analysis examines trends and racial disparities in life expectancy, leading causes of death by race and ethnicity, and discusses the underlying factors...
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https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7005a3.htm?s_cid=mm7005a3_w
This report describes racial and ethnic disparities in stress and worry, mental health, and substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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https://www.baltimorebrew.com/2025/11/25/residents-rally-to-say-removing-zoning-guardrails-will-worsen-racial-disparities-not-heal-them/
Baltimore Brew is a daily online journal featuring independent reporting and informed commentary about greater Baltimore.
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https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/cardiovascular-deaths-from-air-pollution-declining-in-the-us-but-racial-disparities-persist/
A new study from the Yale School of Public Health shows that air pollution-related cardiovascular deaths are increasingly concentrated among traditionally
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https://www.naacpldf.org/naacp-publications/ldf-blog/chocolate-city-vanilla-vaccine-racial-disparities-in-washington-dc-covid-19-vaccine-administration/
May 19, 2022 - Thurgood Marshall Institute Racial Disparities in Washington, D.C. COVID-19 Vaccine Administration By Dr. Kesha Moore TMI Senior Researcher Washington, D.C....
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https://www.lung.org/research/state-of-lung-cancer/racial-and-ethnic-disparities
People of color who are diagnosed with lung cancer face worse outcomes compared to white Americans because they are less likely to be diagnosed early, less...
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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/29/16936908/marijuana-legalization-racial-disparities-arrests
Jan 29, 2018 - Both groups saw big drops in marijuana arrests, but large racial disparities remain.
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https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/racial-disparities-in-maternal-and-infant-health-current-status-and-key-issues/
Dec 3, 2025 - This brief includes data on pregnancy and birth outcomes by race and ethnicity, describes the underlying factors driving disparities, and discusses current...
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https://www.propublica.org/article/bill-would-force-trump-administration-to-fulfill-pledge-to-study-racial-disparities-in-auto-insurance-pricing
Mar 2, 2020 - Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., cited our report that minority neighborhoods pay higher car insurance premiums than white areas with the same risk.
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https://aafa.org/asthma-allergy-research/our-research/asthma-disparities-burden-on-minorities/
Oct 7, 2025 - The burden of asthma in the United States falls disproportionately Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native people. These groups have the highest...
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https://rikidscount.org/racial-and-ethnic-disparities/
Racial and ethnic disparities is the gap that exists in outcomes for children of different racial and ethnic groups in Rhode Island. Disparities exist in...
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https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/how-history-has-shaped-racial-and-ethnic-health-disparities-a-timeline-of-policies-and-events/
Aug 14, 2025 - This timeline offers a historical view of significant U.S. federal policies and events spanning the early 1800s to today that have influenced present-day...
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https://www.health.com/racial-disparities-heart-health-8567831
Jan 26, 2026 - Black Americans are more likely to live with cardiovascular diseases than any other demographic in the United States. Social determinants play a large role.
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https://surgery.med.ufl.edu/2021/03/04/grant-seeks-to-prevent-implicit-bias-among-clinical-researchers-address-racial-disparities-in-clinical-trials/
A team of all-female physicians and scientists is leveraging personal experiences with underrepresentation in medicine to begin identifying a solution toward...
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https://www.strivetogether.org/equity-summit-addresses-complexities-of-racial-exclusion-and-disparities/
Apr 18, 2018 - Sessions at PolicyLink’s national Equity Summit 2018 around inclusion, diversity, equity and access across various sectors challenged participants to advance...
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https://www.thefix.com/new-data-show-disturbing-racial-disparities-combined-opioid-cocaine-overdose-rates/
May 2, 2024 - The problem is not just increased use of stimulants and opioids, it is also a lack of substance use disorder treatment and a historical mistrust of healthcare...
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https://www.healio.com/news/rheumatology/20240111/bridging-the-vast-divide-mistrust-bias-fuel-racial-disparities-in-lupus-research
The body of data demonstrating that lupus significantly and disproportionately impacts Black, Hispanic and Asian patients is robust. It should therefore follow...
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https://www.kff.org/medicaid/medicaid-efforts-to-address-racial-health-disparities/
Aug 9, 2025 - Medicaid programs are a major source of coverage for people of color and a potential mechanism to address racial health disparities. This issue brief provides...
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https://hemaware.org/community-pulse/recognizing-racial-and-ethnic-health-disparities-black-and-latinx-communities
Black & Latinx people have long struggled with getting others to understand the racial and health disparities they have faced.
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https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/racial-disparities-in-maternal-and-infant-health-current-status-and-efforts-to-address-them/
Aug 9, 2025 - This brief provides an overview of racial disparities for selected measures of maternal and infant health, discusses the factors that drive these disparities,...
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https://www.peacemakeronline.com/stories/guilford-county-continues-to-examine-racial-disparities-in-infant-mortality,81944
Historically, in 2018 the infant mortality rate for African American infants in Guilford County was 15.1 deaths per 1,000 births, compared with 2.9 per 1,000...
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https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/what-are-the-implications-of-the-dobbs-ruling-for-racial-disparities/
Aug 9, 2025 - This analysis examines the implications of the Dobbs decision and state restrictions on abortion coverage for racial disparities in access to care and health...
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https://www.aspeninstitute.org/publications/disparities-in-debt-why-debt-is-a-driver-in-the-racial-wealth-gap/
May 23, 2025 - Download Publication Racial wealth inequality has been pervasive in the United States from the earliest days of colonization 400 years ago. Despite...
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https://www.newsday.com/long-island/investigations/nassau-suffolk-police-force-database-bunf1hba
Dec 18, 2025 - Newsday analyzed police use-of-force statistics between 2021 and 2024 that were reported to the state by 358 local police departments.
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https://bikeportland.org/2019/11/08/rose-lane-project-launches-with-focus-on-racial-disparities-and-climate-action-307371
"We are headed for catastrophe if we don't make huge changes in the way we live and treat the earth and its limited resources. Concern is not enough,...
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https://edsource.org/2025/trump-attacks-a-key-strategy-for-california-schools-flagging-racial-disparities-in-discipline/731061
Trump’s executive order, released Wednesday, attacks the concept of disparate impact — the idea that a policy that may seem neutral actually harms...
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https://ctmirror.org/2025/10/30/maternal-care-husky-enrich-health-hamden/
Oct 31, 2025 - Enrich Health’s approach—which aims to improve maternal and birth outcomes—is aligned with HUSKY’s new value-based payment model.
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