Unequal Representation: Race, Sex, and Trust in Medicine — COVID-19 and Beyond
The COVID-19 pandemic has given renewed importance and urgency to the need for racial and gender diversity in clinical trials.
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State and local governments face twin crises: halting the spread of COVID-19 and grappling with the systemic racism of American policing.
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Read more: To Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic, the US Should Crowdsource Contact Tracing To Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic, the US Should Crowdsource Contact Tracing
We should try a crowdsourced, privately-run, anonymous, voluntary, and collaborative approach to contact tracing.
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Read more: Why Justice is Good for America’s Health Why Justice is Good for America’s Health
Among the most salient lessons to be learned from the coronavirus pandemic is that justice is just plain good for America’s health.
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Read more: COVID-19 and Women in the US Criminal Legal System COVID-19 and Women in the US Criminal Legal System
Health and economic inequities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately harm women involved in the criminal legal system.
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Read more: Why Buck v. Bell Still Matters Why Buck v. Bell Still Matters
In just three sentences, Justice Holmes delivers a message that has lasted through today: some lives matter more than others.
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Inequities in end-of-life care have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, but have yet to receive the same attention as other health disparities.
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Read more: How Telehealth Could Improve — or Worsen — Racial Disparities How Telehealth Could Improve — or Worsen — Racial Disparities
While telehealth may be a panacea for access to healthcare, particularly in COVID times, we should be concerned that patients of color may be left behind.
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Read more: Expendable Lives and COVID-19 Expendable Lives and COVID-19
Medical neocolonialism does not exist in a vacuum. It is tied to the presumed expendability of Black life.
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Read more: The Two Pandemics Facing Asian Americans: COVID-19 and Xenophobia The Two Pandemics Facing Asian Americans: COVID-19 and Xenophobia
During the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of trying to extinguish racist attitudes, the Trump administration has spearheaded ways to “other” Asian Americans.
