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IRS acts to address wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and other filers - WTOP...
WTOP Washington· 7 hours agoThe IRS said Thursday that it has taken steps to address a wide disparity in audit rates between...
Despite strides, California Latinas face persistent economic disparity, study finds
Los Angeles Daily News· 1 hour agoDespite strides, economic disparities persist among Latinas statewide, according to a new report issued Thursday that found Hispanic women earn only 42 cents for every dollar paid to white men ...
San Joaquin County looks into garbage rate disparity
ABC 10 Sacramento· 4 hours ago"They're paying less and possibly getting better services," said San Joaquin County Supervisor Paul Canepa. When it comes to garbage, people living on...
Dwayne Wade’s blunt Caitlin Clark shoe deal message to the WNBA
ClutchPoints· 7 hours agoDwyane Wade, part owner of the WNBA’s Chicago Sky, provided his candid insights into Indiana Fever...
Morehouse doctor, other minority doctors call on Congress to address shortage in minority physicians
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoMinority physicians say they want Congress to increase funding for HBCU’s nationwide and create more...
US maternal mortality rate declines, but disparities remain, new CDC data shows
CNN via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoAfter a sharp rise in women dying in pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum earlier in the Covid-19...
Leaders miss City Hall meeting on racial disparities within city’s Fire Department
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoChicago aldermen and residents criticized Fire Department brass and officials from Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration for not attending a Thursday meeting on a lack of diversity in the ranks ...
Doctors plead with Congress to help improve U.S. maternal mortality rates
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoMedical professionals detailed health disparities for communities of color, including higher rates...
Flu vs COVID: Stark Disparity in Vaccination and Deaths
Medscape· 21 hours agoIn the first half of 2023, COVID-19 killed 42,670 people in the United States, while the flu killed...
Heart attacks have declined 50% nationally since 2004, yet underrepresented groups remain at highest...
Medical Xpress· 12 hours agoNew research focusing on heart attacks, specifically ST‐segment–elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs), has uncovered that socioeconomic, racial, and gendered disparities are associated with ...