Tulane Medical Students And Mentor Investigate Racial Health Disparities
February 23, 2023
February 23, 2023
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 23 (TNSjou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release:
Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed racial and ethnic health disparities nationwide, those disparities continue to exist in American communities of color.
Black Americans ages 18-49 are twice as likely to die from heart disease as white Americans, according to the CDC. Hypertension, the leading preventable risk factor for premature death worldwide, is more preval . . .
Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed racial and ethnic health disparities nationwide, those disparities continue to exist in American communities of color.
Black Americans ages 18-49 are twice as likely to die from heart disease as white Americans, according to the CDC. Hypertension, the leading preventable risk factor for premature death worldwide, is more preval . . .