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Addressing Rural Health Disparities with Data

WA State Department of Health

Addressing Rural Health Disparities with Data stevie.mathieu March 10, 2025 - 1:46pm This webinar demonstrates how public health professionals can identify, communicate about, and address health inequities in rural communities.

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Social and health disparities drive brain aging in Latin America

News Medical Health Sciences

In Brazil, education emerges as the top factor influencing cognitive decline, revealing significant health disparities affecting brain health in Latin America.

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Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here's why there's so little progress

NPR Health

The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. Image credit: Gavin McIntyre for KFF Health News) The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.

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Endogamy — a major cause for health disparity in India, says CSIR-CCMB study

The Hindu

Study reveals a major step towards our understanding of the genetic underpinnings for Indias unique genetic architecture which is important in the development of more effective diagnostic and therapeutic strategies

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Equity-based naloxone distribution can save lives while reducing health disparities

University of Minnesota School of Public Health

public health crises, due in part to the unregulated drug supply, stigmatization and criminalization of people who use… Continue reading → The opioid crisis remains one of the most tragic and destructive U.S.

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News: Washington's American Indian Health Commission Asks State to Cover Traditional Healing

Rural Health Information Hub

The Washington American Indian Health Commission has requested the state consider a federal waiver for Medicaid coverage of traditional Indigenous healing practices following waivers successfully obtained by 4 other states in 2024.

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Rural health disparities widen for MA enrollees: 4 takeaways

Becker's Hospital Review - Health Equity

"New CMS report reveals widening health disparities among Medicare Advantage patients in rural areas in 2023. Findings show growing gap in care quality and impr