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Republicans push a constitutional amendment to keep more people in jail without bail. Lawmakers debate a step towards a universal school voucher program. And the state Supreme Court weighs the future of abortion rights.
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Sickle cell disease affects mostly Black patients. How the system treats it shows the deep roots of systemic racism.
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Health care providers often rely on digital tools to inform treatment decisions. A growing number of hospitals are moving away from factoring race into kidney disease calculations, after recognizing Black patients could be at a disadvantage.
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Black leaders from across Indiana called on Gov. Eric Holcomb and other state leaders on Thursday to prioritize ways to address the academic achievement gaps facing children of color.
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The Michigan Child Welfare Improvement Task Force made a number of recommendations to address racial disparities in the state's foster care system.
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U.S. hospitalization rates more than doubled during the latest omicron wave compared to the prior delta wave, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Black adults were more likely to end up hospitalized than White adults, regardless of their vaccination status.
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The number of kids in Indiana foster care decreased in recent years, according to a new report from the Indiana Youth Institute, but advocates worry about racial disparities.
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While cancer death rates in the U.S. have declined in recent years, racial disparities persist. Midwestern states — including Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Indiana — have some of the highest rates of cancer mortality for Black residents in the country. Public health advocates have worked for years to close the racial gap, but some worry the pandemic will delay progress.
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Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist stopped by a community center in Detroit Friday to roll out the findings of a task force that examined racial disparities in the effects of COVID-19.
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan is reporting that Black residents are no longer being disproportionately infected and killed by the coronavirus, after they…