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Opinion: DEI policies won’t stop discrimination in hiring. That requires fighting unconscious bias

23.01.2023

At least on paper, businesses and institutions have achieved equality through thoughtful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies that examine bias and end discrimination against women and people from underrepresented …

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First Opinion

Opinion: NIH advances landmark recommendations on disability inclusion and anti-ableism

03.01.2023

A diverse and inclusive workforce benefits science and research. But unless it includes people living with a disability — the largest minority group in the U.S. and around the world …

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Health

Ballerina, firefighter, hygienist? Why dentistry needs to start its pipeline with young kids

09.12.2022

Dentistry has a diversity problem, and medical and dental experts say the best way to fix it is to start the pipeline early in Black and brown communities. “We can’t …

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Biotech / Health

‘All the tech in the world doesn’t solve this’: Rare disease experts push biopharma on equity

08.12.2022

Over the past few years, the biopharmaceutical industry has revved up efforts to diversify clinical trials. But clinical trials for rare diseases are still too often homogeneous. Rare disease experts …

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Brains of Black Americans age faster, study finds, with racial stressors a likely factor

14.11.2022

The brains of Black adults in the U.S. age more quickly than those of white and Hispanic adults, showing features linked to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias as early as …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Better access to amyloid-PET scans won’t reduce racial inequities in Alzheimer’s disease

14.11.2022

At first glance, it might appear that better access to so-called amyloid-PET scans could compensate for some of the racial inequities in Alzheimer’s disease, as Linda Goler Blount called for …

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En la frontera entre Texas y México, nace un audaz plan para diversificar la investigación sobre el Alzheimer

10.11.2022

Read in English | Leer en inglés. BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Gladys Maestre está en una misión de exploración. La investigadora del Alzheimer está conduciendo por Southmost, un barrio mexicano-americano justo …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Listen: Wheelchair users and Medicare disagree on what’s ‘primarily medical in nature’

05.10.2022

Modern wheelchairs have amazing capabilities. At the push of a button, they can position a user in a “standing” position, or elevate someone to eye level with a non-disabled person. …

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Health

On the Texas-Mexico border, a bold plan to diversify Alzheimer’s research takes shape

28.09.2022

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Gladys Maestre is on a scouting mission. The Alzheimer’s disease researcher is driving through Southmost, a Mexican American neighborhood just north of looming sections of the border …

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