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A lecture series and mentorship programs are a few of the new initiatives the University at Buffalo’s Department of Surgery is launching this year to help…
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Acknowledging that racism is a public health threat to communities of color, the Buffalo Common Council and local healthcare advocacy groups are…
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The death rate among Erie County’s African American population due to COVID-19 is going down, according to County Executive Mark Poloncarz. Poloncarz made…
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The COVID-19 pandemic is bringing to the forefront glaring racial disparities which advocates say have existed for decades. Included in the discussion is…
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In a study of the early coronavirus epidemic in the U.S., a third of people who were hospitalized were African American. Top risk factors were high blood pressure and obesity.
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Generational inequalities on Buffalo’s Eastside have led to increasingly poor health outcomes for its largely African American residents. To that end, the…
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A conference on health disparities among the Western New York’s African American residents is taking place this weekend. The focus is on what direct…
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Some of the largest disparities in health in Erie County are happening in the City of Buffalo. A public conference this weekend aims to start trying to…