Racial Disparity News
May 21, 2024
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May 10, 2024 While intergroup interaction is a prerequisite for initiating peace and stability, there is the risk of further escalation from direct interactions. A shortage of an impartial electronic contact session may cause the process to become destabilized. ...
May 9, 2024 Discrimination may speed up the biological processes of aging, according to a new ...
May 8, 2024 An estimated 321,566 children in the United States lost a parent to drug overdose from 2011 to 2021, according to a new study. The rate of children who experienced this loss more than doubled during ...
Mar. 6, 2024 A new study provides a new comprehensive look at the potential for flooding in a combined 32 cities along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts. It predicts as many as 500,000 people will be affected by flooding alongside 1 in 35 privately owned ...
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Feb. 6, 2024 A new study presents data and a mathematical model to explain why there is more unconscious, or implicit, racial bias in some cities than others. The study, which brings together the math of cities ...
Feb. 1, 2024 Both liberals and conservatives are more likely to believe that merit-based hiring is unfair after learning about the impacts of socioeconomic disparities, according to a new ...
Jan. 17, 2024 Our latest study shows there are racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in air pollution emissions reductions, particularly in the industry and energy generation sectors. The findings provide a ...
Dec. 14, 2023 A new study shows that people use facial appearance to make sentencing decisions, and finds an intervention to counter the ...
Oct. 10, 2023 In our increasingly polarized society, more people may find themselves in a workplace where they are one of the few conservatives or few liberals around. A new study found that those whose values -- ...
Oct. 5, 2023 Young female chess players often face gender bias both in the male-dominated chess world and among parents and mentors who believe girls have less potential to succeed in chess than boys, according ...
Oct. 2, 2023 People frequently exposed to racial or ethnic discrimination may be more susceptible to obesity and related health risks in part because of a stress ...
Sep. 13, 2023 The benefits of four measures of socioeconomic status (education, income, employment status and health insurance) on ideal heart health were greater for non-Hispanic white adults compared to Black, ...
Sep. 7, 2023 From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, 'monstrous births' -- malformed or anomalous fetuses -- were, to Western medicine, an object of ...
Sep. 5, 2023 The US continues to face stark inequalities in preterm birth and mortality rates between mothers of differing socioeconomic status and race, finds a ...
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Apr. 3, 2024 The hours you work earlier in life may be associated with worse health years later, according to a new ...
Mar. 28, 2024 School quality ratings significantly reflect the preparation of a school's students, not just the school's contribution to learning gains, according to new ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Legislators love bundling things together. It lets them accomplish more with less hassle and attempt to make legislation more appealing to a broader group. But a new study suggests that this can ...
Mar. 20, 2024 A study of nearly 95,000 Washington state residents found that people living outside of urban areas as well as Native American and Hispanic people face longer travel distances to be seen by ...
Mar. 11, 2024 A new study of how high school students respond to a program designed to increase the frequency and quality of conversations about race in school finds that the anti-racist intervention did not cause ...
Mar. 6, 2024 Living in neighborhoods with more white residents and greater lifetime experiences of racial discrimination are linked to increased systemic inflammation during pregnancy among Black women, according ...
Feb. 29, 2024 The likelihood that a girl will participate in high school sports in the United States is driven not so much by individual choice, new research suggests. Instead, decisions made by parents, the ...
Jan. 4, 2024 When youth thrive despite difficult circumstances, they are usually lauded for their accomplishments. However, overcoming adversity may have a hidden physiological cost, especially for minority ...
Dec. 18, 2023 A team of researchers analyzed GPT-4's performance in four clinical decision support scenarios: generating clinical vignettes, diagnostic reasoning, clinical plan generation and subjective ...
Nov. 15, 2023 Research from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) shows that the 'favourability' of a CEO's surname plays a major role in determining their job security and can increase their total ...
Sep. 1, 2023 Health benefits that have resulted from reductions in fine particulate air pollution aren't distributed equally among populations in the U.S., a new Yale-led study finds. Racial and ethnic ...
Aug. 30, 2023 New research suggests parental incarceration elevates cardiovascular risk in early adulthood, potentially contributing to larger health ...
New Research Establishes Enduring Connection Between Racial Segregation, Childhood Blood Lead Levels
Aug. 30, 2023 Living in a racially segregated neighborhood puts Black children at a higher risk of having elevated blood lead levels, and this association has persisted over more than two decades, according to ...
Aug. 21, 2023 Children's views of inequality may be influenced by how its causes are explained to them, finds a new study by a team of psychology researchers. The work offers insights into the factors that ...
July 17, 2023 A new study found that more than one million US deaths per year -- including many young and working-age adults -- could be avoided if the US had mortality rates similar to its peer nations. In 2021, ...
July 13, 2023 Why do some people take part in genetic studies while others do not? The answer may lie within our genetic makeup. According to a groundbreaking study, people who participate in genetic studies are ...
July 6, 2023 Using computational methods informed by genetic data, researchers estimate that a random African American born between 1960 and 1965 is descended from, on average, 314 African and 51 European ...
July 3, 2023 A new study has found that maternal mortality rates have worsened from 1999 to 2019, hitting some racial and ethnic groups and states harder than others. The study found rates highest for Black ...
Apr. 3, 2023 Being a woman or racial minority can help someone stand out and be remembered when few others look like them. But they are more likely to be confused in settings where others share the same ...
Mar. 1, 2023 The most notable trend of new study on urban travel behaviors reveals that although private automobiles continue to be the dominant travel mode in American cities, the share of car trips has slightly ...
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- Parental Incarceration Increases Cardiovascular Risk in Young Adults, Study Suggests
- New Research Establishes Enduring Connection Between Racial Segregation, Childhood Blood Lead Levels
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- Study Analyzing Often-Overlooked Racial/ethnic Groups Provides a New Understanding of Pain Disparities in the U.S.
- Nazi Propaganda from 1927-1945 Reveals Role of Dehumanization of Jews in the Holocaust
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- Study Finds Delays in Initial Cystic Fibrosis Evaluation in Infants of Color
- Discrimination Took a Toll on the Mental Health of Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Study Finds
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- Study Links Insulin Resistance, Advanced Cell Aging With Childhood Poverty
- Implicit Bias and Concern About Appearing Racist Predict Teachers' Reluctance to Discuss Race and Racism in the Classroom
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- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Telemedicine Usage Persist During Pandemic
- Food Insecurity Doubled Likelihood of Foregoing or Delaying Medical Care During First Year of COVID-19 Pandemic in U.S.
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- New Evidence Suggests California's Environmental Policies Preferentially Protect Whites
- Study Finds Persistent Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sleep Duration
- Social Determinants of Health Affect Care for People With Congenital Heart Disease
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- Disbelief in Human Evolution Linked to Greater Prejudice and Racism
- Teens More Likely to Disengage from School After Police Stops