Health & Wellness

The systemic bias that has historically failed Black people in the USA is no less evident in Canada. That reality is laid bare in the case of Dr. Olumuyiwa Bamgbade, an anesthesiologist and interventional pain physician who was acquitted of sexual assault after years of humiliation and socioeconomic losses. Despite his acquittal, he said the silence of the Canadian press shows bias.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in upheaval, and the consequences are falling hardest on Black Americans.

Democratic senators are in a unified chorus calling for Robert F. Kennedy Junior, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to resign. The Senate Democrats are standing with at least a thousand former and current Health and Human Services employees who have submitted a letter calling for RFK Junior’s resignation. Kennedy has been the nation’s top health official for seven months.

A sweeping review published in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe has drawn a direct line between mental health disorders and cardiovascular disease (CVD), showing that individuals living with psychiatric conditions face not only a higher risk of heart problems but also a shorter life expectancy.