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Although proven dangerous, police have continued use of less-lethal projectiles against protesters
A U of MN study shows the use of less-lethal projectiles can violate United Nations guidelines - a practice used following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Clinical Ethicist Joel Wu, JD, MPH, HEC-C comments on the role of data in…
New Article: COVID-19 and Catatonia: A Case Series and Systematic Review of Existing Literature
Dr. Nathan Scheiner, MD, MA - alum of the Center's MA program - recently published a paper on COVID-19 and Catatonia in the Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Scheiner, MD, MA, is in residency at the Department of…
Doctors decry use of so-called less-lethal weapons in Brooklyn Center
Health care workers protest in Brooklyn Center over the use of so-called less-lethal riot-control weapons following a week of clashes between police and civilians. Brooke A. Cunningham, MD, PhD comments on the importance of using evidence-…
M Health Fairview to End Common Nationwide Practice of Using Race as Kidney Health Determinant
M Health Fairview will no longer use race as an automatic adjustment in determining kidney health, following recommendations from a task force of its physicians convened last summer. Brooke Cunningham, MD, PhD, comments on the role of…
Officials say it's 'time to play catch-up' on race gap as vaccine access widens
Disparities in COVID-19 vaccination have persisted in Minnesota, but equity advocates [like JP Leider, PhD] hope a recent expansion in eligibility will steer more doses to minority members who have suffered higher rates of severe illness…
Study to examine the effect of police violence on the birth outcomes for Black infants
Black women in the U.S. are twice as likely to experience a preterm birth, a low birth weight infant, or the death of a child before age one compared to white women. Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH begins a study to investigate the connection…
‘Making history’: Duluth’s college students aid COVID-19 vaccinations
St. Louis County Public Health has 35 public health nurses, 65 volunteers and a rotation of students from four schools vaccinating at its four clinics. Tim Stratton, PhD, RPh, FAPhA comments on Duluth’s pharmacy, nursing and medical…
Vaccine 'passports' stir debate in Minnesota
"As vaccination against COVID-19 ramps up across the U.S., interest is growing in establishing technology to quickly verify a person's immunization status. Clinical Ethicist Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C, comments on the ethical…
New system connects patients with COVID-19 outpatient treatments
JP Leider, PhD led the development of a system designed to quickly and fairly connect patients and providers with facilities offering monoclonal antibodies and other treatments. Monoclonal antibodies are a powerful, promising treatment for…
Troubling podcast puts JAMA, the ‘voice of medicine,’ under fire for its mishandling of race
Weeks after it was scrubbed from the Journal of the American Medical Association’s website, a disastrous podcast — whose host, a white editor and physician, questioned whether racism even exists in medicine — is surfacing complaints that…