/tags/race-and-health Race and Health en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-01-03/missouri-s-t-professor-looks-for-a-genetic-cause-of-high-blood-pressure Jinling Liu will analyze a mountain of data looking for a genome responsible for hypertension, which could lead to a better and more personalized approach to preventing and treating the disease. Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-01-03/missouri-s-t-professor-looks-for-a-genetic-cause-of-high-blood-pressure Jonathan Ahl /health-science-environment/2021-10-26/air-pollution-in-st-louis-helps-fuel-coronavirus-spread-especially-in-communities-of-color Black people and Latinos in St. Louis are more likely to live in areas with polluted air. Long-term exposure to air pollution is linked to faster coronavirus transmission, new research finds. Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:17:25 GMT /health-science-environment/2021-10-26/air-pollution-in-st-louis-helps-fuel-coronavirus-spread-especially-in-communities-of-color Shahla Farzan /health-science-environment/2021-06-08/kidney-experts-say-its-time-to-remove-race-from-medical-algorithms-doing-so-is-complicated Black people make up more than 35% of people on dialysis but just 13% of the U.S. population. They’re also less likely to get on the waitlist for a kidney transplant. Part of what is causing the disparity is that an algorithm doctors rely on uses race as a factor in evaluating all stages of kidney disease care. Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:49:57 GMT /health-science-environment/2021-06-08/kidney-experts-say-its-time-to-remove-race-from-medical-algorithms-doing-so-is-complicated Rae Ellen Bichell, Cara Anthony