2+ week, 1+ day ago   (772+ words) Her patient was moments from death, suffering from a severe brain infection, yet adamant that he’d rather leave the emergency room than be treated by a Black doctor. By her. Navigating the emergency room as a Black woman involves a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1025+ words) From destructive storms and flooding across parts of the Midwest to wildfires in California and tropical storms threatening Hawaii, recent disasters have left communities responding to emergencies with little time to prepare. Sacramento may not face those disasters today, but…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (366+ words) In “Treating Violence: An Emergency Room Doctor Takes On a Deadly American Epidemic,” Dr. Rob Gore frames violence as a critical public health crisis, sharing powerful, firsthand accounts from the ER that highlight the struggles of victims and survivors. In…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (312+ words) The Sacramento Observer Black Medical Pioneers Who Reshaped Emergency Care From early heart surgery to blood plasma preservation and vaccine research, Black medical pioneers helped reshape emergency care despite systemic exclusion. African American physicians and scientists have contributed to countless…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (771+ words) Representatives of the Cayenne Wellness Center, a leading advocate for California’s sickle cell community, delivered a petition with more than 1,000 signatures to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office on Aug. 14. The petition calls on state leaders to provide $15 million over the next…...

1+ mon, 13+ hour ago   (929+ words) In a tense ER in Nashville, Tennessee, an incarcerated patient refused Dr. Italo Brown’s care, calling him a “monkey doctor.” Without missing a beat, Brown replied, “Well, that’s fantastic, because I don’t treat monkeys.” Brown met the hostility with composure....

1+ mon, 13+ hour ago   (1008+ words) For many local African American patients, the emergency room has become a site of trauma rather than healing. Those managing chronic, often “invisible” conditions, such as lupus and sickle cell, speak of an emergency room that often feels less like…...

1+ mon, 20+ hour ago   (279+ words) I’ve spent years working alongside patients, families, health care providers, and community health workers to improve the outcomes for people living with sickle cell disease. I have seen firsthand the consequences of underinvestment, but I have also seen what becomes…...

1+ mon, 21+ hour ago   (806+ words) The breakroom at the clinic was supposed to be a place of respite — a brief moment for staff to catch a breath between rotations. For young medical student Tiffani Johnson, it became the site of a profound awakening. Years and…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (262+ words) The numbers are stark. From 2014 through 2018, the age-adjusted colorectal cancer incidence rate was 40.2 cases per 100,000 Black Californians, compared with 35.8 among non-Hispanic White Californians. The mortality rate was 25.3 deaths per 100,000 among Black Californians and 17.7 among White Californians—a 43% difference. A later…...