Oh you want to address health disparities, decrease chronic illness, alleviate mental health problems, decrease maternal and infant mortality, and prevent diabetes/cancer/dementia/heart disease??????
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.
Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.
Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.
September 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Oh you want to address health disparities, decrease chronic illness, alleviate mental health problems, decrease maternal and infant mortality, and prevent diabetes/cancer/dementia/heart disease??????
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.
Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.
Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.
The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.
Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here's why there's so little progress
The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.
www.npr.org
October 24, 2024 at 4:44 PM
The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.
“Race is not a biological category that naturally produces health disparities because of genetic differences. Race is a political category that has staggering biological consequences because of the impact of social inequality on people’s health.”
— Dorothy E. Roberts, Fatal Intervention (pp 11)
— Dorothy E. Roberts, Fatal Intervention (pp 11)
December 24, 2024 at 2:43 PM
“Race is not a biological category that naturally produces health disparities because of genetic differences. Race is a political category that has staggering biological consequences because of the impact of social inequality on people’s health.”
— Dorothy E. Roberts, Fatal Intervention (pp 11)
— Dorothy E. Roberts, Fatal Intervention (pp 11)
Why aren’t women having more babies, they asked www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Fertility and maternal health programs slashed, alarming experts
Experts warn that cuts to fertility and maternal health programs threaten care access and could deepen reproductive health disparities across the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Why aren’t women having more babies, they asked www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Cancer researchers working on health disparities say President Trump's actions could hurt rural whites, who lag behind other groups in cancer screening.
Trump wants to erase DEI. Researchers worry it will upend work on health disparity
Cancer researchers working on health disparities say President Trump's actions could hurt rural whites, who lag behind other groups in cancer screening.
www.npr.org
March 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Cancer researchers working on health disparities say President Trump's actions could hurt rural whites, who lag behind other groups in cancer screening.
Trump Administration Scraps Research Into Health Disparities www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/h...
Trump Administration Scraps Research Into Health Disparities
www.nytimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Trump Administration Scraps Research Into Health Disparities www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/h...
Shameful.
These funds are meant to eliminate health disparities and study chronic illnesses like sickle cell disease.
They must be immediately reinstated.
These funds are meant to eliminate health disparities and study chronic illnesses like sickle cell disease.
They must be immediately reinstated.
NEW exclusive from me:
Health officials moved money out of the Office of Minority Health to help pay for the ballooning costs of RFK Jr.'s security
gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Health officials moved money out of the Office of Minority Health to help pay for the ballooning costs of RFK Jr.'s security
gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
www.wsj.com
September 25, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Shameful.
These funds are meant to eliminate health disparities and study chronic illnesses like sickle cell disease.
They must be immediately reinstated.
These funds are meant to eliminate health disparities and study chronic illnesses like sickle cell disease.
They must be immediately reinstated.
April 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Incredibly well reported deep dive on NIH and health disparities research in STAT. 🧵
www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/n...
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www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/n...
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Jay Bhattacharya once studied health disparities. As NIH director, he’s allowed such research to wither
Jay Bhattacharya’s tenure as NIH director has seen health disparities research swept up in the Trump administration’s attack on DEI
www.statnews.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Incredibly well reported deep dive on NIH and health disparities research in STAT. 🧵
www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/n...
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www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/n...
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This is horrifying.
Did I mention I teach on health and health insurance disparities, abortion, and vaccines?
Did I mention I teach on health and health insurance disparities, abortion, and vaccines?
Just learned from LinkedIn that a Heritage Foundation affiliate is now FOIA-ing (or equivalent) instructors’ syllabi to go snooping for supposed illegal DEI at state universities. It’s hard to describe how far past McCarthyism we’re headed here.
July 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This is horrifying.
Did I mention I teach on health and health insurance disparities, abortion, and vaccines?
Did I mention I teach on health and health insurance disparities, abortion, and vaccines?
Vaccines have had proven success eradicating lethal & devastating childhood infectious diseases, saving millions of lives.
This movement against immunization is widening health disparities & threatening public health.
Ignorance is deadly.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
This movement against immunization is widening health disparities & threatening public health.
Ignorance is deadly.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
September 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Vaccines have had proven success eradicating lethal & devastating childhood infectious diseases, saving millions of lives.
This movement against immunization is widening health disparities & threatening public health.
Ignorance is deadly.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
This movement against immunization is widening health disparities & threatening public health.
Ignorance is deadly.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
The CDC has removed data on sexual orientation, gender identity, and health disparities from their website.
Pages removed include:
- Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System
- Social Vulnerability Index
- Efforts to Address Racism as a Fundamental Driver of Health Disparities
Pages removed include:
- Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System
- Social Vulnerability Index
- Efforts to Address Racism as a Fundamental Driver of Health Disparities
January 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The CDC has removed data on sexual orientation, gender identity, and health disparities from their website.
Pages removed include:
- Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System
- Social Vulnerability Index
- Efforts to Address Racism as a Fundamental Driver of Health Disparities
Pages removed include:
- Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System
- Social Vulnerability Index
- Efforts to Address Racism as a Fundamental Driver of Health Disparities
🚨 The CDC website is purging resources on LGBTQ+ health, diversity, equity, and health disparities. This is not just a bureaucratic change. It’s a dangerous decision with profound negative public health consequences. Let’s break down the harm this will cause. 🧵⬇️
January 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🚨 The CDC website is purging resources on LGBTQ+ health, diversity, equity, and health disparities. This is not just a bureaucratic change. It’s a dangerous decision with profound negative public health consequences. Let’s break down the harm this will cause. 🧵⬇️
Also, it does not matter if Russ Vought is against DEI policies, if Congress has instructed NIH take to into account health disparities in an assessment of a grant. An executive order cannot overcome a formal statement by Congress. Somebody needs to point that out to him.
TINA SMITH: Researchers in MN made a breakthrough in childhood cancer in Black kids with a grant. But it seems that according to your proposed rule, this type of research wouldn't allowed bc it's 'DEI.'
VOUGHT: We are against DEI policies. We have intended to rid of them whenever we possibly can.
VOUGHT: We are against DEI policies. We have intended to rid of them whenever we possibly can.
July 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Also, it does not matter if Russ Vought is against DEI policies, if Congress has instructed NIH take to into account health disparities in an assessment of a grant. An executive order cannot overcome a formal statement by Congress. Somebody needs to point that out to him.
Because if you didn't say a word about DOGE eliminating every federal grant with any element that Grok thought had anything to do with LGBTQ health, climate change, health disparities, and most of all DEI?
I don't think you give a shit about academic freedom. I think you're just a racist.
I don't think you give a shit about academic freedom. I think you're just a racist.
August 24, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Because if you didn't say a word about DOGE eliminating every federal grant with any element that Grok thought had anything to do with LGBTQ health, climate change, health disparities, and most of all DEI?
I don't think you give a shit about academic freedom. I think you're just a racist.
I don't think you give a shit about academic freedom. I think you're just a racist.
Bhattacharya has done far more to undermine health disparities research than to contribute to it.
About last week’s NIH & OMB meeting…
Okkn what basis can the NYT claim that Bhattacharya has been trying to preserve work on health disparities??
I have NEVER heard him speak up in favor of studying the social and economic determinants of health at NIH. Not once.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...
Okkn what basis can the NYT claim that Bhattacharya has been trying to preserve work on health disparities??
I have NEVER heard him speak up in favor of studying the social and economic determinants of health at NIH. Not once.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...
September 26, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Bhattacharya has done far more to undermine health disparities research than to contribute to it.
Attacks on our reproductive freedoms are making the maternal health crisis worse, particularly for Black mothers.
During Black Maternal Health Week, we recommit to eliminating these disparities and ensuring all women have access to quality maternal care.
During Black Maternal Health Week, we recommit to eliminating these disparities and ensuring all women have access to quality maternal care.
April 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Attacks on our reproductive freedoms are making the maternal health crisis worse, particularly for Black mothers.
During Black Maternal Health Week, we recommit to eliminating these disparities and ensuring all women have access to quality maternal care.
During Black Maternal Health Week, we recommit to eliminating these disparities and ensuring all women have access to quality maternal care.
The leading cause of health disparities in this country, health inequity, is being struck from medical school curricula- this is a sad day for public health and medicine
As political pressure mounts, medical school accreditor drops requirement to teach about health equity
The leading medical school accreditation body in the U.S. has removed language from its standards requiring schools to teach about health inequities
www.statnews.com
March 27, 2026 at 12:13 PM
The leading cause of health disparities in this country, health inequity, is being struck from medical school curricula- this is a sad day for public health and medicine
"Health disparities research" is a field of study where researchers look at how things like race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status can influence health outcomes. Now any gov't website about this says "page not found".
This is a dystopia that I did not imagine that we'd be living through.
This is a dystopia that I did not imagine that we'd be living through.
January 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"Health disparities research" is a field of study where researchers look at how things like race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status can influence health outcomes. Now any gov't website about this says "page not found".
This is a dystopia that I did not imagine that we'd be living through.
This is a dystopia that I did not imagine that we'd be living through.
Eliminating racism as a deadly risk factor for childbirth would give us more super babies! (4/n) www.kff.org/racial-equit...
Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health: Current Status and Key Issues | KFF
This brief includes data on pregnancy and birth outcomes by race and ethnicity, describes the underlying factors driving disparities, and discusses current policies affecting maternal and infant healt...
www.kff.org
April 18, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Eliminating racism as a deadly risk factor for childbirth would give us more super babies! (4/n) www.kff.org/racial-equit...
The Pitt on research funding cuts in health care
March 3, 2026 at 2:17 AM
The Pitt on research funding cuts in health care
Scientists who study health disparities say a proposed grantmaking policy may affect future NIH funding decisions. www.statnews.com/2026/06/22/h...
Health equity researchers fear unseen level of scrutiny under White House proposal
Health disparities researchers say a new White House proposal could disqualify much of their work from federal funding — perhaps the most serious threat yet to the future of their field.
www.statnews.com
June 22, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Scientists who study health disparities say a proposed grantmaking policy may affect future NIH funding decisions. www.statnews.com/2026/06/22/h...
And some wonder why the health disparities are so huge.
When we say SYSTEMIC.
When we say SYSTEMIC.
Residents proved their tap water carries sewage and bacteria. Federal funding dried up anyway.
https://capitalbnews.org/cahokia-heights-water-crisis-sewage-tap-water/
https://capitalbnews.org/cahokia-heights-water-crisis-sewage-tap-water/
For 35 Years, This Black Town in Illinois Has Been Told Its Sewage Crisis Isn’t Real
Residents proved their tap water carries sewage and bacteria. Federal funding dried up anyway.
capitalbnews.org
April 29, 2026 at 12:18 AM
And some wonder why the health disparities are so huge.
When we say SYSTEMIC.
When we say SYSTEMIC.
4 years ago, racial health disparities had deepened. Today, @publichealth.boston.gov is making progress tackling disparities through targeted intervention on drug overdoses, infant and maternal health, and chronic disease. Thank you, Dr. Ojikutu and all our health equity partners. #BostonSOTC
March 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
4 years ago, racial health disparities had deepened. Today, @publichealth.boston.gov is making progress tackling disparities through targeted intervention on drug overdoses, infant and maternal health, and chronic disease. Thank you, Dr. Ojikutu and all our health equity partners. #BostonSOTC
Keep in mind that in 2020, James Hohmann — seen here rolling his eyes and saying “screw this” about racism effecting health disparities — was still on the news side and anchored the leading politics newsletter, read by hundreds of thousands everyday.
But I’m sure he was “neutral” and “objective.”
But I’m sure he was “neutral” and “objective.”
May 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Keep in mind that in 2020, James Hohmann — seen here rolling his eyes and saying “screw this” about racism effecting health disparities — was still on the news side and anchored the leading politics newsletter, read by hundreds of thousands everyday.
But I’m sure he was “neutral” and “objective.”
But I’m sure he was “neutral” and “objective.”