By Eve Higginbotham SM, MD, ML
One year ago today, on a street in Minneapolis, a man lost his life. George Floyd parked outside a convenience store in his neighborhood and was accused of passing a counterfeit bill. A call to the local police quickly escalated to an attempt to place Mr. Floyd in a police vehicle, then a pinning of his body on the ground, and a knee on his neck for more than 9 minutes. The world soon saw what bystanders witnessed, captured on video by a teenager. If we had not seen the video, there would be other explanations of this moment. That video, forever connected us as witnesses to the translation of that moment to a movement.
In the past year, we…
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By Eve J. Higginbotham, SM, MD
This month, the Department of Health and Human Services celebrates National Minority Health Month and more specifically acknowledges the 30th anniversary of the Margaret Heckler's Report on Black and Minority Health.
This month, the Department of Health and Human Services celebrates National Minority Health Month and more specifically acknowledges the 30th anniversary of the Margaret Heckler's Report on Black and Minority Health.[1] This report clearly "documented the existence of health disparities among, ethnic minorities in the United States and called such disparities "an affront both to our ideals and to the ongoing genius of American medicine."[2] In this groundbreaking report, six causes of higher levels of mortality in blacks compared to whites were noted: cancer, cardiovascular…
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