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NIH and Prostate Cancer Foundation launch large study on aggressive prostate cancer in African American men
The largest coordinated research effort to study biological and non-biological factors associated with higher burden and aggressive prostate cancer in African American men has begun. The $26.5 million...
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NIMHD Science Leader Receives Honors for Work Advancing the Science of Minority Health and Health Disparities
Dr. Monica Webb Hooper, Deputy Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), recently received two accolades for her...
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NIH-Funded Study Highlights the Financial Toll of Health Disparities in the United States
May 16, 2023: Ground-breaking study provides national and state-level estimates of the economic burden of health disparities by race and ethnicity and educational levels. Video release: The Staggering...
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Life Expectancy in the U.S. Increased Between 2000-2019, but Widespread Gaps Among Racial and Ethnic Groups Exist
June 16, 2022: County-level data provides unprecedented detail by geography and population groups. Video News Release: Life expectancy in the US by race and ethnicity
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Scientists Find Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Use of Pediatric Acute Asthma Care
March 29, 2022: Large NIH-funded study published in Annals of Family Medicine suggests factors beyond affordability influence disparities in health care utilization.
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New, Highly Innovative NIH Research Awards to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity
Oct. 13, 2021 – Eleven grants were awarded to support the work of exceptionally creative researchers across the United States based on the significance of the research problem, the novelty of the idea...
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NCI Study Highlights Pandemic’s Disproportionate Impact on Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Latino Adults
Oct. 4, 2021 – Using data from the same 10-month period in 2020 and 2019, scientists from NCI, NIMHD and the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation compared excess deaths by race/ethnicity, sex...
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NIH to fund research of racial disparities in pregnancy-related complications and deaths
November 17, 2020 — Studies to focus on women from racial and ethnic minority groups, women with underprivileged socioeconomic status, and those living in underserved rural settings.