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This week in health news, from UC San Diego’s Scott LaFee

Diversity in U.S. medicine is not keeping pace with population changes, particularly among Black men, according to a new report.

Estimates of Recent Transmission from the Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2020. Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Executive Commentary from the Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2020. Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Healthiest Communities: How They Were Ranked U.S. News Staff The Healthiest Communities rankings from U.S. News & World Report show how nearly 3,000 U.S. counties and county equivalents perform in 84 metrics across 10 health and health-related categories. The broad framework of categories and subcategories is based on factors key to evaluating community health that were identified by the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics – a policy advisory board to the head of...

Whos getting vaccinated in Whatcom County? New data shows these racial and age differences The Bellingham Herald 4/29/2021 David Rasbach, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.) Apr. 29—Whatcom County residents who identify as Hispanic are being vaccinated for COVID-19 at a rate about half the rest of the county, according to data released by the Washington State Department of Health. "Hispanics are underrepresented in the vaccinated population in nearly all counties, comp...

CDC report says young people of color were impacted disproportionately more by COVID-19 than their white counterparts By Travis Andersen Globe Staff,Updated March 10, 2021, 11:18 a.m. Email to a Friend Younger people of color have been hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic than their white counterparts in the same age bracket, according to a CDC review of data culled from 15 states and the District of Columbia between January and December of last year. The information was contained in the CDCâ€...