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These findings are important because they suggest that efforts to promote equitable health care in the U.S. over the past two decades, such as the Affordable Care Act, or ‘Obamacare,’ do not appear to have translated to clinical practice – at least with regards to pain management in hospital emergency departments The following article, written by Trevor […]
These findings are important because they suggest that efforts to promote equitable health care in the U.S. over the past two decades, such as the Affordable Care Act, or ‘Obamacare,’ do not appear to have translated to clinical practice – at least with regards to pain management in hospital emergency departments The following article, written by Trevor […]
White people who visit hospital emergency departments with pain are 26% more likely than Black people to be given opioid pain medications such as morphine. These findings are important because they suggest that efforts to promote equitable health care in the U.S. over the past two decades do not appear to have translated to clinical […]
White people who visit hospital emergency departments with pain are 26% more likely than Black people to be given opioid pain medications such as morphine. This was a key finding from our recent study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. We also found that Black patients were 25% more likely than white patients […]
MODERATOR: Good afternoon from the State Department’s Brussels Media Hub. I would like to welcome everyone joining us for today’s virtual press briefing. We are very honored to be joined by the Special Envoy for Global Food Security, Dr. Cary Fowler, and the Head of the State Department’s Sanctions Office, Ambassador James O’Brien. Finally, a […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Counselor for Racial Equity Janis Bowdler delivered remarks during a panel discussion on “Advancing Economic Opportunity” with senior officials from the White House, Department of Commerce, and Small Business Administration during the inaugural meeting of the President’s Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics. As Prepared for […]
Left photo: The fourth Lincoln University Law Enforcement Academy graduation class on May 26, 2022. Right photo: Officers Yogananda “Yogi” Pittman and Monique Moore, the first two African American women to be promoted to the rank of captain on the U.S. Capitol Police force, stand together on the East Lawn of the Capitol in Washington, […]
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said people who are joining various government departments should do people-oriented work. He also said the Centre has approved Rs 14,000 crore worth of development works in the state. Shinde was speaking at an event in Mumbai where letters of appointment were handed over to new employees who […]
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said people who are joining various government departments should do people-oriented work. He also said the Centre has approved Rs 14,000 crore worth of development works in the state. Shinde was speaking at an event in Mumbai where letters of appointment were handed over to new employees who […]
Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has been selected to oversee first-ever advisory committee on racial equity at the U.S. Treasury Department. Nutter is a professor of urban and public affairs at Columbia University, His new Treasury role calls for him to chair the 25-person inaugural committee. He was Philadelphia’s mayor from 2008 to 2015 He […]