#Disparities

Omar Wasow

owasow

A recent paper on infant mortality has been getting a lot of attention. A headline summarized: ”Black newborns more likely to die when looked after by White doctors.” There’s been

Ziad Obermeyer

oziadias

Medical puzzle:Take Black vs. White patients with similar knee x-raysWhy do Black patients have more pain?Our paper in @NatureMedicine provides one answer: https://go.nature.com/3i6zAuc Algorithms see causes of knee pain in Black

@ia4phs

ia4phs

So what do we know about how Asian Americans have fared during the COVID-19 pandemic? There’s been so much tireless work being done done by the community and researchers to

Dr Ellie Murray

EpiEllie

I want to talk about an important new study on racial disparities in infant survival, from @RRHDr & colleagues.The tl;dr: Black infants in the US are less likely to die

Diane Yentel

dianeyentel

I’m testifying Tuesday on need for comprehensive reform to nation’s disaster housing recovery & rebuilding. Finishing up written testimony today and outraged again at all the ways we fail low-income

Peter Boghossian

peterboghossian

Here are some problems with factoring historical injustices into decision making processes. Also known as “equity.” 1) Groups will compete for the distinction of having been the most historically oppressed

Yasmine Pomeroy for LA City Council D3

yasmine4thecity

With 400,000 Covid deaths, a smaller but equally significant number is overlooked: 2.8. If you are Black or Hispanic, you are 2.8 times more likely to die of Covid. For

Joel D 🕯🦴

joeld

To elaborate: There are many reasons urban MN has the biggest racial disparities in USA while also being majority Democrat. A big one IMHO is liberal institutions that preen themselves

Dr. Jessica B. Hernandez

doctora_nature

Please make sure that if you share our "ancient civilization" videos of Indigenous peoples south of the border, you also share our current voices, perspectives, community mutual-aids, etc. Too often

Serina Chang

serinachang5

Check out our new paper in @nature, “Mobility network models of COVID-19 explain inequities and inform reopening”! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2923-3 @2plus2make5 @PangWeiKoh @jalinegerardin @beth_redbird @davidgrusky @ju

Kristen Schorsch

kschorsch

THREADI was in complete shock yesterday when I learned the federal government had actually named hospitals in a massive database that revealed how many of their beds are filled with

Keletso Makofane, MPH

klts0

Hot off the press - our research letter arguing that the way CDC reports COVID-19 disparities is misleading. #tweetorial #epitwitter #socialepitwitterhttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2768722 U.S. CDC does not rep

HRH Tanya, Duchess of Exhaustion, GCVO

ladyrocksavage

If another damn Brit uses Canada as an example of a country they think doesn't suffer from colonialism I beg they do their research.When Britain was placing its people here

Roxana Daneshjou MD/PhD

RoxanaDaneshjou

Black and Brown dermatologists have been highlighting the disparities in dermatology education for decades, but general textbooks/journals and lectures are still lacking diversity. You can't be a "general" dermatologist if

capitalismandfriedman

capitalismandf1

Sam Harris: “The reality is that if we achieve a Utopia, then the only differences between individuals and groups will be will be genetic, it will amplify genetic inequality.”Paige Harden:

@ijbailey

ijbailey

A thread on why I know the limits and potential dangers of colorblindness - because I committed my life to it until it could not help me answer basic questions

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