Electrifying heavy-duty vehicles could reduce environmental inequalities
Emission changes. a,b, On-road and EGU NOx emission changes compared with the baseline scenario in mol s−1 (a) and EGU percentage generation increase by fuel type…
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One year after the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion care has become a patchwork of confusing state laws…
In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling struck down the constitutional right to abortion, society has been seeing the results of a post-Roe world.
While there is no law in the U.S. that regulates what a man…
Virtual Clinics are Battling Inequalities in Women’s Health
In 2022, health care startup Maven became the first unicorn in the femtech sector after raising more than $250 million from a star-studded roster of investors including Oprah Winfrey, Natalie Portman, and Reese Witherspoon. The company…
Medical racism in history causes health inequalities for Black Americans
The health inequities for Black Americans, documented in a series of stories by The Associated Press, have their roots in a long history of medical racism. The AP has collected a small sample of that history related to…
Inequalities in Human Resources for Health Linked to Mortality
MONDAY, May 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Inequalities in human resources for health (HRH; a range of occupations designed to promote or improve human health) are associated with all-cause and cause-specific mortality globally, according to…
Mapping the inequalities of low-carbon electricity
Analyzed scenarios of electricity system infrastructure in 2035. a Maps of electricity generation and storage capacities for the scenario of frozen generation and…
The writers fighting caste inequalities
Caste prejudice, like racism, is hidden in plain sight. It comes to light when there is good news — the recent move by legislators in Seattle and Toronto to ban caste discrimination, for example — or terrible news, as in reports…
CPD: biological and gender-based health inequalities
It’s important to be aware of the inequalities in healthcare provision and health outcomes for men, women, transgender, non-binary and intersex employees, which arise from biology and societal attitudes. Emma Persand looks at what this…
Global Inequalities Remain in Cervical Cancer Incidence
Elana Gotkine
FRIDAY, Dec. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Substantial geographic and socioeconomic inequalities are seen in cervical cancer globally, according to a study published online Dec. 14 in The…
1918 flu pandemic upended long-standing social inequalities – at least for a time, new study finds
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Racial disparities in influenza deaths shrunk by 74% in U.S. cities during the 1918 flu pandemic due to an odd coincidence of virus and history. That’s…