BU School of Public Health Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

The American College of Epidemiology and Society of Epidemiologic Research (SER) have both recently called for greater representation of Latino epidemiologists in public health, noted Pescador Jimenez and her colleagues in their proposal for the educational alliance.

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Ethnicity and Health Ageing and Health Health Inequalities Health Disparities 59

NC Health News

JANUARY 31, 2025

Nearly 6,500 people were told to flee their homes in the middle of the night for their health and safety. The company also violated Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards related to its storage of ammonium nitrate. Did the fire affect health? Businesses in the area were forced to close for several days.

Environmental Health and Safety 64

Environmental Health and Safety Occupational Health and Safety Mental Health and Public Health Ethnicity and Health 64

UK Health Security

MAY 2, 2025

The skyline of Middlesbrough town centre, with industrial cooling towers in the background Health inequalities are avoidable differences in health across our populations. You can suffer health inequalities because of where you were born or live, your ethnicity, or even because of your job.

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Health Inequalities Mental Health and Public Health Ethnicity and Health Health Equity 72

KFF Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients. But Brown called them “lucky,” with enough health insurance or money to see a doctor. KINGSTREE, S.C. — Louvenia McKinney, 77, arrived complaining about shortness of breath. ” The U.S.

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Obesity and Chronic Disease Prevention Socioeconomic Status and Health Academic and Research Institutions Ageing and Health 141