News Feature Channel: Race and Ethnicity

New CDC Report Shows Increase in Autism in 2022 with Notable Shifts in Race, Ethnicity, and Sex

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:25:56 EST

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health contributed to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report examining autism among children who turned 4 and 8 years old in 2022. The CDC report, which includes data from 16 study sites across the U.S. including Maryland, found an overall prevalence of autism of 1 in 31 (3.2%) among 8-year-olds in 2022.

Young Children, as Early as Age 5, Are Guided by an Inner Moral Code

Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 09:00:00 EST

The results of an international Italy-Japan-UK collaboration by the Universita Cattolica in Milan captured this ability at its core. For a child, an incorrect action is always wrong and immoral, even if it is made by a robot.

Does Corporate Political Advocacy Wrong Shareholders?

Journal of Business Ethics — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 05:55:34 EST

Chula Supports Push for Thai Pha Khao Ma as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage with a Pattern Database

Chulalongkorn University — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:00:29 EST

The Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University, in collaboration with the Department of Cultural Promotion, Ministry of Culture, is promoting the "Pha Khao Ma and the Thai Way of Life", which is a national cultural heritage, to the UNESCO stage by accelerating the systematic creation of a database of Thai Pha Khao Ma patterns from all sectors for the benefit of preserving the national cultural heritage and promoting the creation of Pa Khao Ma identity patterns by organizations and communities, including the utilization of the database for further development in the community enterprise and marketing sectors to increase the economic value of Pha Khao Ma and the sustainable expansion of the community economy.

Curbing Harmful Medicines: The Promise of a Unified African Health Products Regulatory System

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 20:55:38 EST

A harmonised African body could stem deaths from fake and substandard medicines--especially antimalarials and antibiotics--by bolstering oversight, saving lives, and strengthening health systems.

Closing the Gap: Addressing Black Maternal Health Disparities

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:40:21 EST

Each year, Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17) brings attention to an ongoing crisis in the United States. A Rutgers Health expert addresses the urgent need for understanding barriers and providing culturally competent care

MSU Professor's Report Reveals Nearly 150 Exonerations in 2024

Michigan State University — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 22:05:15 EST

In 2024, 147 people were exonerated in the U.S. after losing an average of 13.5 years of their lives to wrongful imprisonment for crimes they did not commit.

How Canadian Immigration Law Turns Judges Into Border Guards

Universite de Montreal — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:40:13 EST

Doctoral student Meritxell Abellan-Almenara examines court decisions to see how Quebec judges use their power to make defendants criminally inadmissible to stay in Canada.

The Gift That Keeps Giving: Separating Fact from Fiction in Organ Donation

Hackensack Meridian Health — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 19:30:08 EST

Debunking myths surrounding organ donation.

Study: People Who Identify as Alt-Right Find Security in the Status Quo

Binghamton University, State University of New York — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:00:40 EST

Who are the alt-right, and what do they stand for? The term is broad -- an alt-right supporter could be anyone from an armed insurrectionist to an armchair political pundit -- but they tend to have one thing in common. According to new research involving faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York, people who identify as alt-right tend to be "system justifiers" who want to maintain the traditional status quo as an antidote to insecurity.

Sheldon to Host Series of Events Alongside 'Exploding Native Inevitable'

University of Nebraska-Lincoln — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:30:40 EST

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Sheldon Museum of Art will present a series of free public programs in conjunction with "Exploding Native Inevitable," a traveling exhibition that features the work of 12 contemporary Indigenous artists and two collectives. The exhibition runs through July 13 at the museum.

Healing Circle Gives Voice to Patients Striving for Sobriety

Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 08:10:19 EST

The road to sobriety is jagged and unpaved, with potholes and craters that can make it hard for those traveling on it to move forward.The Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, a part of the hospital's Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, recently offered its teen and young adult patients a unique treatment method as they try to steer straight.

What Was The Underground Railroad? Honoring The Legacy of Harriet Tubman

Binghamton University, State University of New York — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:45:22 EST

Explore the history of the Underground Railroad -- a secret network of people and safe houses that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom in the United States. And learn about its most famous conductor, Harriet Tubman, who was commemorated with a statue on the Downtown Binghamton Freedom Trail.

Higher Alcohol Use Among Queer Black Sexual and Gender Minorities Linked to Drinking Behaviors in Their Social Circles, Anxiety, Latine Ethnicity, and Growing Up Exposed to Problematic Drinking

Research Society on Alcoholism — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:00:00 EST

Black sexual minority men and transgender women (sexual and gender minorities; SGM) consume more alcohol on average than people in the general population.

Expectant and New Fathers Seek More Support to Improve Maternal Health

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:45:07 EST

PHILADELPHIA (March 24, 2025) - A new Penn Nursing study reveals that expectant and new fathers, particularly Black American fathers, express a significant need for more resources and support to better assist mothers during pregnancy and childbirth. The research, published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, highlights a gap in tailored information and resources for fathers within healthcare and social service systems.

Binghamton University Unveils Statue of Abolitionist Harriet Tubman

Binghamton University, State University of New York — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:20:58 EST

The Harriet Tubman Center for Freedom and Equity at Binghamton University, State University of New York has unveiled a statue of Tubman, the famous abolitionist and activist who led slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad.

Black Infants and Children Consistently Have Double the Risk for Death Compared to Whites

American College of Physicians (ACP) — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:00:00 EST

A population-based surveillance study evaluated the extent and persistence of excess infant and childhood mortality among Black Americans between 1950 and 2019.

Some Depression Prevention Programs May Not Help Black Youth

American Psychological Association (APA) — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:00:00 EST

A depression prevention program that has helped white youth wasn't effective for Black youth, raising concerns about the need for more research to help racially diverse groups, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

CSUF Student Researcher Explores Black Barbie's Effect on Children's Self-Image

California State University, Fullerton — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 19:30:51 EST

Barbie dolls have been popular for generations among young children. They have also been criticized for having an unrealistic female body, which can cause young girls to have body image concerns.

Uncovering New Information About the Holocaust

University of Miami — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:00:25 EST

Historian Hermann Beck is shedding light on previously undocumented violence in the early months of Nazi rule.