disparity

Racial Bias Uncovered in Kidney Transplantation System: Thousands of Black Patients Prioritized After Years of Waiting

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentApril 19, 2024

“Not everyone approaches medicine with a health equity lens. Many clinicians are not aware of existing disparities — how Black patients do not get referred to nephrology as early as white patients and do not have sufficient access to transplant ,” said Dr. Nwamaka Eneanya, an assistant professor at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Health System. “In medicine, the tendency is to say, ‘This is what a study showed, so this is what we should do,’ focusing on biomarkers and statistical tests without examining issues of ethics or health equity.”

Family Health

Health Care Stats Shows Racial Disparity

Christopher Petty, Contributing WriterMay 11, 2022

Over the years, we have seen time and time again the racial disparity that people of color have faced in the world of healthcare. Multiple studies can show Black men and women suffer more due to lifestyle methods and efforts that can ultimately change someone’s life. This racial disparity in healthcare comes in all forms, including radiation cancer treatment. Use of a high-tech radiation cancer treatment called proton beam therapy (PBT) has increased overall in the United States over time, but Black patients are unfortunately getting it less often than White patients, according to two new studies that have been

Opinion

Black America deserves its fair share of the American Dream:  Affordable rentals shrinking, growing mortgage denials block homeownership   

Charlene Crowell, NNPA Newswire Contributor  April 28, 2022

Despite unprecedented federal housing assistance during the pandemic, a report by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) finds stark racial and income divides in its analysis of the nation’s rental market. Nearly a quarter of Black renters were behind on rent in the third quarter of 2021, as well as 19% of Hispanic renters. By contrast, the share of white renters in arrears was half that: 9%.   

COVID-19 Local News

Los Angeles City Mayor Announced “L.A. Connected” Responding to Massive Financial Struggles Among Family Households

Betti Halsell Contributing WriterAugust 12, 2020

The goal for L.A. Connected is to Magnetize the resources to the communities that need them the most. The city plans for this platform to be an educational tool to empower families to receive the help they need. It is a network that includes various service providers through Los Angeles City WorkSource and FamilySource that will help Angelenos apply to the following: unemployment insurance, file their taxes, apply for as much as $8,000 in tax credits, and access federal stimulus checks, known as Economic Impact Payments, which total up to $1,200 per adult and $500 per child.