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Topic: health disparities

A demonstrator waves the intersex-inclusive Pride flag outside City Hall during the We The People March in protest of the hundreds of bills being introduced which are directed towards LGTBQ+ people, people of color and women on July 2, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Intersex community fighting for rights

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Diet of a pea on a plate (Getty Images/ziquiu)

We need better eating disorder treatment

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Supporters embrace following US Vice President Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speech at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's trans threats alarm queer people

Elizabeth Hlavinka
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a roundtable conversation about marijuana reform and criminal justice reform, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 15, 2024 in Washington, DC. (KENT NISHIMURA/AFP via Getty Images)

Harris pledges to legalize marijuana

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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Health workers monitor Mpox patients at the Mpox treatment centre of the Nyiragongo general reference hospital, north of the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on August 16, 2024. (GUERCHOM NDEBO / Contributor (Getty Images))

Mpox outbreak is a health equity problem

Nicole Karlis
Mosquito in old book with mosquito swatter and blood stain (Getty Images/Nikola Nastasic)

Mosquito-borne illness reaches U.S. soil

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Woman sleeping in bed (Getty Images/JGI/Tom Grill)

The sleep gap and the income gap

Nicole Karlis
Male nurse doing routine checkup of senior patient in hospital room (Getty Images/Ridofranz)

Racism in health care costs lives

Tamika C.B. Zapolski, Ukamaka M. Oruche - The Conversation
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Male nurse doing routine checkup of senior patient in hospital room (Getty Images/Ridofranz)

Growing health gap between rich, poor

Nicole Karlis
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Rural health care access getting worse

Simon F. Haeder - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Health care discrimination toward LGBTQ

Shanna K. Kattari - The Conversation
Serena Williams (Getty/Richard Shiro)

Serena: Healthcare for all!

Rachel Leah
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Jadakiss; Styles P (Getty Images/Salon)

How hip-hop is trying to get you healthy

Rachel Leah
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-183121p1.html'>Robert Kneschke</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Rich seniors are leaving the poor behind

Matthew A. Davis, Kenneth Langa - The Conversation

Who can "take control"?

Katie McDonough
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