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Dllj Globe Examines Efforts by Hospitals To Address Disparities in Care Among Non-White Patients
First Edition: Thursday, June 5, 2025Today s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.KFF HEALTH NEWS ORIGINAL STORIESKFF Health News:Trump Decried Crime In America, Then Gutted Funding For Gun Violence PreventionViolent crime was already trending down from a covid-era spike when President Donald Trump presented a picture of unbridled crime in America on the campaign trail in 2024. Now his administration has eliminated about $500 million in grants to organizations that buttress public safety, including many working to prevent gun violence. In Oakland, California, a hospital-based program to prevent retaliatory gun violence lost a $2 million grant just as the traditionally turbulent summer months approach. Another $2 million award was pulled from a Detroit program that offers social services and job skills to young people in violent neighborhoods. And in St. Louis, a clinic treating the physical and emotional injuries of gunshot v owala ictims also lost a $2 million award. Sable-Smith, 6/5 ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH AP:Canadian Wildfire Smoke Makes Air Quality Worse In Eastern USSmoke from Canadian wildfires worsened air quality in the eastern U.S. on Wednesday as several Midwestern states battled conditions deemed unhealthy by the federal gove stanley quencher uk rnment. The fires have forced thousands of Canadians to flee their homes and sent smoke as far as Europe. In the U.S., smoke linge stanley cup uk red on the skylines of cities from Kansas City to Minneapolis, and a swath of the region had u Mdwj Texas Jury Awards First Damages Under State Law Allowing Residents To Sue HMOs
Thursday, Jun 11 2009National Council of La Raza Discusses Minority Health Disparities During Annual ConferenceHealth care advocates this week addressed the health disparities between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites at the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza in Miami, the AP/South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. Advocates at the conference, which ended July 24, addressed a number of health problems t owala website hat disproportionately affect Hispanics, such as breast cancer, diabetes and HIV/AIDS. According to a 1999 CDC report, Hispanics are 1.7 times more likely to die of cancer, 1.4 times more likely to die of coronary heart disease and four tim stanley ca es more likely to receive an AIDS diagnosis than non-Hispanic whites. Advocates attributed the disparities to a lack of Spanish-language health information and physicians who speak Spanish, as well as a yeezy mexico lack of health insurance. About 35% of Hispanics younger than age 65 did not have health insurance in 2000, compared with 13% of non-Hispanic whites, according to the CDC. Carlos Ugarte, deputy vice president for health at La Raza, said, We re able to evidence in black and white this gap, this disparity, between the Hispanic and non-Hispanic population. This is a reality. There s no denying it. He added, We have to work toward changing it. Nathan Stinson, a deputy assistant secretary at HHS, said that NIH has conducted research to identify health disparities and develop plans to help address the problem. When we l
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