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Cornell researchers found that by prioritizing the perspectives of white Americans instead of those from underrepresented groups, studies of pandemic disparities likely missed important insights from those most affected by...
Transgender women are nearly 20 times more likely to be infected with HIV than the national average in India, a country with the third largest HIV epidemic worldwide. In spite of India’s robust “test and treat” program, which offers...
Residents receiving long-term care in nursing homes are medically complex. Half of these residents require assistance with at least four activities of daily life while also often dealing with dementia or hypertension. Dr. Hye-Young Jung,...
Dr. Robert Tyler Braun, assistant professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College, was interviewed by Devan Burris of CNBC about the increasing cost of nursing homes and hospices and the impact of private equity...
Healio featured commentary from Dr. Amelia Bond, associate professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, on a recent American College of Rheumatology letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in response to proposed rule...
Non-white communities had significantly less access to opioid medications commonly prescribed for moderate to severe pain than white communities over the decade beginning in 2011, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine...
In our politically charged climate, advocates have often raised concerns that messages describing racial disparities in social outcomes can reduce or polarize support for public policies to address...
Weill Cornell Medicine and the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy have established the Cornell Health Policy Center to serve as the locus for health policy impact, research and training across...
Historically, it has been common for people to churn in and out of the Medicaid program when states periodically attempt to verify that they remain eligible. During the COVID-19 pandemic, however, states paused redeterminations...
