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American Diabetes Association, with Visionary Partners VSP Vision Care and Regeneron Launch "The Next Step Eye Challenge" Campaign for Healthy Vision Month in May News provided by Share this article Share this article ARLINGTON, Va., May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 34 million American adults currently live with diabetes and an additional 88 million are living with prediabetes, yet 85% of them do not know they have it. People living with diabetes or prediabetes are at an increased risk for developing a diabetes-related eye disease, such as diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, glauco...

“Your health shouldn’t depend on the color of your skin or the neighborhood you live in,” said Kim Keck, president and CEO of BCBSA. “The crisis in racial disparities in our country’s health care is unconscionable and unacceptable. While BCBS companies have made great strides in addressing racial health disparities in our local communities, there is so much more to be done.”

Award recognizes achievements in training and mentoring diabetes and metabolism research scientists The American Diabetes Association® (ADA) announced recipients of the 2021 National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Awards and Bruce Spiegelman, PhD, researcher at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute received the 2021 Albert Renold Award. This award is presented to an individual whose career is distinguished by outstanding achievements in the training and mentorship of diabetes research scientists and in the development of communities of scientists to enhance diabetes research. Spiegelman’s r...

Black Female Nonprofit Leaders Call on Biden to Achieve Health Equity USA - English News provided by Share this article Share this article CHICAGO, March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CEOs from four national healthcare organizations today called on the Biden administration to remedy the health inequities Black Americans experience throughout their lives.  The letter comes on the heels of a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report showing Black males lost three years of life expectancy due to COVID-19 in six months, compared to 0.8 years for White males. Angela F. Williams (PRNe...

Black Female Nonprofit Leaders Call on Biden to Achieve Health Equity USA - English News provided by Share this article Share this article CHICAGO, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CEOs from four national healthcare organizations today called on the Biden administration to remedy the health inequities Black Americans experience throughout their lives.  The letter comes on the heels of a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report showing Black males lost three years of life expectancy due to COVID-19 in six months, compared to 0.8 years for White males. Angela F. Williams In an...