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Phoenix Mayor Gallego responds to arrest of disabled, deaf Black man
By: abc15.com staff Posted 12:31 PM, Oct 16, 2024 PHOENIX — Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego has responded to ABC15’s report of a disabled and deaf Black man who was arrested by Phoenix police officers. Tyron McAlpin, a Black man, who is deaf and has cerebral palsy is facing felony aggravated assault and resisting arrest charges after he was repeatedly…
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Racially balanced workplaces may protect employees against cardiovascular disease
Published September 26 In the first study of its kind, researchers from UC Berkeley School of Public Health found that Black workers in Michigan automobile manufacturing plants with a greater number of Black colleagues had better cardiovascular health than Black auto workers who worked in overwhelmingly white plants. The retrospective cohort study, published online in September ahead…
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Voting is good for your health. These doctors want to help.
A growing cadre of health care professionals believes civic engagement can improve quality of life. Written by Maura Kelly Published October 9, 2024 On a cold winter night more than five years ago, a woman brought her infant and toddler to Boston Children’s Hospital’s ER because they were shivering so hard that she worried they…
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Trump vs. Harris: Who Would Benefit Black Americans’ Health Care?
October 10, 2024 by Isaac Morgan With the 2024 presidential election less than a month away, both candidates are honing in on major issues affecting Black Americans and people from all walks of life, including health care — a pivotal issue for many struggling to obtain quality and affordable plans amid inflation. Former President Donald Trump…
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Need to go to the hospital? Texas and Florida want to know your immigration status
State Sen. Victor Torres represents predominantly Hispanic Osceola County in Central Florida. At Sunday Mass at his local church, immigrants often tell him they are scared to seek health care. “They say, ‘My mother is ill, or my kid is sick, but I don’t have insurance,’’’ the Democrat said in an interview. “And I tell…
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Why It’s Nearly Impossible to Get Birth Control on Some College Campuses
By Mara Santilli Published on Oct 9, 2024 at 2:30 PM For many college freshmen, the fall semester marks not only their first time being away from home, but also the first time managing their own healthcare, including sexual wellness essentials such as condoms, birth control, and pregnancy tests. Eighty-one percent of sexually active college students…
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Changes in abortion access are shifting how doulas help patients
by Sarah Boden for Spotlight PA | Oct. 8, 2024 When caring for people undergoing abortions, Pittsburgh-based doula Alicia Vervain often reassures them their experience is normal. How she provides this support depends on the client. In addition to answering questions, she sometimes prepares herbal teas or chats about recipes. Once, someone asked Vervain to sing “Helpless,” a swoony, upbeat…
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At Supreme Court, Tennessee Seeks to Expand Reach of Dobbs to Ban Health Care for Transgender Youth
Case: L.W. v. Skrmetti Affiliate: ACLU of Tennessee October 8, 2024 3:55 pm WASHINGTON – In their brief defending the state’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has asked the Supreme Court to expand its ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and allow the state to target transgender people’s autonomy over their own bodies, too.…
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FDA’s promised guidelines on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias
By Arthur Allen Updated on: October 7, 2024 / 11:31 AM EDT / KFF Health News To watch video report, Click Here. Oakland, California — The patient was in his 60s, an African American man with emphysema. The oximeter placed on his fingertip registered well above the 88% blood oxygen saturation level that signals an urgent risk of organ…
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