How COVID-19 Hollowed Out a Generation of Young Black Men
Enrique Neblett quoted in ProPublica
Health Behavior and Health Education professor Enrique Neblett discusses the impact that race can have on health outcomes.
Health Equity
Concern about Loved Ones Might Motivate People to Mask Up, Get Vaccine
New study from Ken Resnicow
A new study finds that appealing to people's concerns for their loved ones could overcome this resistance. And it may have implications for encouraging people to get the new vaccine.
Exposure to Coronavirus Explains Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality Rates
New research from Jon Zelner
Large variations in exposure at home, in the community and at work—rather than case-fatality rates—may explain the well-documented racial disparities in COVID-19 mortality during the first wave of the pandemic last spring, according to a new University of Michigan study.
Social Inequities Explain Racial Gaps in Pandemic, Studies Find
Jon Zelner featured in the New York Times
Higher rates of infection and mortality among Black and Hispanic Americans are explained by exposure on the job and at home, experts said.
How 20 Years of Stroke Research Revealed Disparities Among Mexican Americans
Belinda Zuniga featured by the American Heart Association
Belinda Zuniga, who works with Michigan Public Health's Lynda Lisabeth on the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi (BASIC) Project, helps further research about stroke in Mexican Americans.
African Americans, Those With Type 2 Diabetes, Kidney Disease at Higher Risk of COVID-19 Hospitalization
New research from Tian Gu
Black patients are more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than white patients with similar underlying health and socioeconomic conditions, according to a new University of Michigan School of Public Health study.