A new report from the Chicago Department of Public Health warns that Black Chicagoans appear to have a significantly shorter life expectancy than whites living within the city. Will Jones of WLS-TV, an ABC affiliate, reported on the CDPH’s new report, which indicates “Black lives are shorter in the city….
Tag: Infant Mortality
Study Finds Medicaid Expansion May Reduce Infant Mortality Rate for Black Babies
The future generations of Americans could be impacted by healthcare policy now. Access to health care translates to thousands of Black lives saved, according to a report released by JAMA this week. States that expanded Medicaid health care coverage as part of the 2010 Affordable Care Act saw a decrease…
Archived: Statue of Surgeon, Who Experimented on Enslaved Black Women, Removed from Central Park
After 84 years in New York City’s Central Park, the Department of Parks and Recreation removed a statue of 19th century gynecologist J. Marion Sims on Tuesday. In his medical research, Sims took advantage of societal dehumanization of Black people by operating (without anesthesia or consent) on enslaved women. Referred…