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Medical schools affected by affirmative action ruling |
Health groups, including medical schools, decried the Supreme Court's ruling on Thursday to severely limit the use of race as a factor in college admissions. | In rulings that broke along ideological lines, the court's six conservative justices invalidated Harvard's and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's (UNC) admissions practices by ruling they did not comply with the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection. The court handed down a 6-3 ruling against UNC and a 6-2 ruling against Harvard. "The Supreme Court ruling today weakens efforts to make higher education more accessible to members of historically underrepresented groups," Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement. "People of color have been excluded from attending medical school and joining medical organizations for generations." "We need more health workers, especially those who look like and share the experiences of the people they serve," he added. "This builds trust between provider and patient, and helps to improve the overall quality of care." The leaders of the Association of American Medical Colleges said they were "deeply disappointed."
"Today's decision demonstrates a lack of understanding of the critical benefits of racial and ethnic diversity in educational settings and a failure to recognize the urgent need to address health inequities in our country," AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, and chief legal officer Frank Trinity said in a joint statement.
James E. K. Hildreth, president of Meharry Medical College, one of four medical historically Black colleges and universities in the U.S., said this decision was "potentially a step toward resegregating college campuses, and thus a problem for all socially aware institutions." |
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A research paper published Thursday linked 9,799 additional live births in Texas to an abortion ban that the state passed in 2021, confirming what researchers had expected to happen after the bill was passed. The Texas Legislature passed a bill in September 2021 that effectively banned abortions about 5 to 6 weeks after a woman’s last menstrual cycle. While researchers generally expect abortions to drop and live births … |
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| Overdose deaths involving illegally manufactured fentanyl laced with xylazine have skyrocketed in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). New CDC data released Thursday showed that between January 2019 and June 2022, the monthly percentage of overdose deaths from fentanyl combined with xylazine increased by 276 percent, from 2.9 percent to 10.9 percent. In the most recent 18 months of … |
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Lesbian, gay and bisexual members of Generation Z report higher levels of anxiety and sadness than their peers, according to a poll. A Gallup poll released Thursday showed 71 percent of 18- to 25-year-olds who identify as a sexual orientation other than straight or heterosexual reported feeling anxiety for a lot of the previous day. Only 52 percent of that age group who identify as straight said the same. |
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Mexico acknowledges 112 heat-related deaths so far this year, almost triple the figures in 2022 |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican health authorities say there have been at least 112 heat-related deaths so far this year, acknowledging the deadliness of a recent heatwave that the president previously said was being overblown by alarmist journalists. The report, released late Wednesday, also shows a significant spike in heat-related fatalities … | |
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Local and state headlines on health care: |
- More states drop sales tax on disposable diapers to boost affordability (KFF Health News)
- CT health officials warn of illnesses related to parasite found in produce (NBC Connecticut)
- Cooper signs bill that revises a portion of NC abortion law (The Carolina Journal)
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Health news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- Hepatitis C can be cured. So why aren't more people getting treatment? (NPR)
- Seven people dead in connection with fungal meningitis outbreak linked to surgeries in Mexico (CNN)
- They followed doctors' orders. Then their children were taken away. (The New York Times)
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