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Michelle D. Holmes, MD: What accounts for the racial disparity in breast cancer survival? 

Studies show that the lack of Black doctors may contribute to the disparity.

June 6, 2024 · 1 Comment

Michelle D. Holmes, MD, DRPH: The Folly of School Openings as a Zero-Sum Game

We need to address the needs of students—and parents, and teachers. One size does not fit all, and race complicates the challenge.

January 18, 2022 · 2 Comments

Dr. Michelle D. Holmes: Black Lives Depend on the U.S. Dietary Guidelines

Black Americans need science-based dietary guidelines in an acute way as they disproportionately benefit from federal nutrition programs that are mandated to follow the guidelines, such as school breakfast and lunch programs.

August 7, 2020 · Leave a comment

Derrick Z. Jackson: The Looming Second Wave of Covid-19

The pressure to re-open America is being pressed by the extreme right. It represents an open declaration that the pursuit of white happiness is an unalienable, unalterable right.

June 15, 2020 · 2 Comments

Michelle D. Holmes, M.D: Re-opening America

As health professionals prepare for another wave of the pandemic, a Harvard epidemiologist discusses the injustices arising from rationing medical equipment in America.

May 16, 2020 · 4 Comments

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