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Exclusivity and exclusion: disability discrimination in medical education 0 Shares In my medical school admissions essay, I wrote about helping at-risk kids like myself. I wanted to be a child and adolescent psychiatrist, but that wasn’t the main reason for applying. The real reason I applied was for my own personal survival. I needed to learn how to talk to doctors about my symptoms and get an appropriate level of care. For years, my doctors told me that my illnesses and pain were caused by stress; in my gut, I knew a diagnosis was behind it. With the help of the medical education I receiv...

Meet the Nation’s New Health Leaders Advertisement Meet the Nation’s New Health Leaders A roll call from team Biden-Harris Advertisement After enduring nonstop efforts by Republican leaders to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, allow discrimination in health care and ignore basic science, many Americans—especially those living with chronic illnesses—are relieved to have a new Democratic administration at the helm. Here’s a look at key health officials working with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Xavier BecerraCourtesy of State of California Department o...

More than $95 million to go toward affordable housing in Virginia Roanoke received more than $2.6 million from these programs Published:  Updated:  Tags:  Millions of dollars in federal funding are being used to help ensure Virginians have a roof over their heads. On Thursday, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced that $95,560,265 in federal funding is going towards helping Virginians get safe and affordable homes. “We’re glad to see these federal funds go toward providing housing resources for individuals who are struggling to stay afloat amid COVID-19,” said the Senator...

Could Raising the Minimum Wage Be the Best Way to Fight HIV? FG Trade via iStock On Jan. 22, President Biden announced his intent to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. But of the many benefits a minimum wage could hold for Americans in general, there’s also a benefit in store for many of society’s most marginalized when it comes to health. While minimum wage could have a bunch of overall health benefits, an updated study from 2019 suggests that there is an “inverse relationship” between baseline state minimum wages and HIV infection rates among Black people, spe...

Pixabay This special is part of UPR’s ongoing series Project Resilience. Project Resilience is made possible with support from the Utah State University Center for Persons With Disabilities. Today we’ll feature a special program about how seniors and people with disabilities are using technology during the pandemic. From getting hooked up to the internet for the first time, to building community virtually to the hurdles and expanded opportunities of remote work.  We’ll also talk to the special’s host and reporter Shoshannah Buxbaum. Later in the program we’ll hear from Sachin Pavit...