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Africa’s first continent-wide survey of climate change literacy finds education is key

by lisadtinsley October 27, 2021

Most Africans have heard of climate change and agree that it should be stopped. But far fewer feel that ordinary people can do something to stop it and even fewer …

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The Complex History and Politicization of Black Hair in America featuring Dr. Neil Lester

by lisadtinsley October 27, 2021
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October 27, 2021 0 comments 990 views
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Dangerous urban heat exposure has tripled since the 1980s, with the poor most at risk

by lisadtinsley October 22, 2021

Extreme urban heat exposure has dramatically increased since the early 1980s, with the total exposure tripling over the past 35 years. Today, about 1.7 billion people, nearly one-quarter of the …

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October 22, 2021 0 comments 937 views
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Ivermectin is a Nobel Prize-winning wonder drug – but not for COVID-19

by lisadtinsley October 21, 2021

Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann – Associate Professor of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut Ivermectin is an over 30-year-old wonder drug that treats life- and sight-threatening parasitic infections. Its lasting influence on global health has …

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October 21, 2021 0 comments 1.3K views
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Kidney Experts Say It’s Time to Remove Race From Medical Algorithms. Doing So Is Complicated.

by lisadtinsley October 19, 2021

By Rae Ellen Bichell and Cara Anthony Alphonso Harried recently came across a newspaper clipping about his grandfather receiving his 1,000th dialysis treatment. His grandfather later died — at a dialysis center — …

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As a patriot and Black man, Colin Powell embodied the ‘two-ness’ of the African American experience

by lisadtinsley October 18, 2021

Chad Williams – Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Brandeis University Colin Powell knew where he fit in American history. The former …

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Racism a Strong Factor in Black Women’s High Rate of Premature Births, Study Finds

by lisadtinsley October 18, 2021

The tipping point for Dr. Paula Braveman came when a longtime patient of hers at a community clinic in San Francisco’s Mission District slipped past the front desk and knocked …

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The genocide of signed languages: protecting the linguistic rights of Africa’s deaf children

by lisadtinsley October 2, 2021

Emma Asonye – Speech and Hearing Scientist, University of New Mexico Deaf rights to language, expression, literacy and education have been marginalised throughout history. And signed languages have taken second …

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Rapahel Warnock
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Rev. Raphael Warnock’s historic US Senate win broke more barriers than you may think

by lisadtinsley September 30, 2021

John A. Tures – Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College When Rev. Raphael Warnock prevailed in the special election on Jan. 5, he was the first African American from Georgia to win …

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September 30, 2021 0 comments 940 views
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Shopping Healthcare MRI
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How to make comparing prices of an MRI or colonoscopy as easy as shopping for a new laptop

by lisadtinsley September 28, 2021

Morgan Henderson – Senior Data Scientist, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Morgane Mouslim – Policy Analyst, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Health researchers have long argued that the key to reining in surging …

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