Tagged: Yale School of Medicine

Chronic health conditions are the leading causes of death for adults in the United States. However, the specific conditions contributing to mortality differed by race and ethnicity, according to a new study led by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine. For Black adults, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, and dementia were found to be the leading causes of mortality among older adults.

Compared to the mean of medical school matriculants from 2019 to 2023, there was a significant decline in the share of matriculants from racial backgrounds underrepresented in medicine compared to their White and Asian peers. Notably, declines were most pronounced at institutions located in states without prior state-level affirmative action bans.

Earlier this year, the National Institutes of Health terminated hundreds of grants across its institutions and centers. The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities was particularly affected, experiencing the greatest proportion of terminated funding relative to previously active funding across all NIH institutes and centers.