A research study found that the in-hospital death rate of Black newborns is a third lower when they are cared for by Black physicians rather than white physicians.
In Minnesota, babies of U.S.-born Black pregnant people suffer twice the rate of low-birth weight and other adverse birth issues as their white counterparts.
Access to quality health care can vary based on a person’s age, race and location. Associate professor and public health expert Carrie Henning-Smith shares her tips for greater access to health care.
University of Minnesota study finds administrators of rural hospitals providing obstetric care in the United States reported needing at least 200 annual births for safety and financial viability.
School of Public Health research shows that if compared to unexposed patients, patients exposed to the flu at their primary care physician’s office were 31.8% more likely than unexposed patients to revisit with the flu within two weeks.
A recent study from researchers at the University of Minnesota is among the first to examine how different socio-demographic groups used telehealth, outpatient (clinic), emergency department and inpatient (hospital) care to test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
