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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is awarding more than $10 million to five health organizations to reconsider the use of race in medical algorithms, which research shows can lead to

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is awarding more than $10 million to five health organizations to reconsider the use of race in medical algorithms, which research shows can lead to potentially dangerous results for patients of color. Physicians have used medical assessment tools and algorithms since the 1970s to help make decisions about patient care. Recent studies have found that some algorithms that consider race lead to biased assessments and the denial of treatment options.

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is awarding more than $10 million to five health organizations to reconsider the use of race in medical algorithms, which research shows can lead to potentially dangerous results for patients of color.

The grants come amid a reckoning about the use of race in clinical algorithms and a broader push in philanthropy to promote equity in medical research.

A manufacturing company has been handed a six-figure fine after a worker lost three digits because of a blister packaging machine that had inadequate guarding.

A man lost two fingers and a thumb while operating a packaging machine at work in Trafford Park.

The 43-year-old has been unable to work since the incident

The restaurant will maintain the previous operation hours, Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

There is a large emergency services presence in a residential street including five fire engines and two police cars.

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