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Clayton and Byrd write that there have been two periods of health reform specifically addressing the correction of race-based health disparities. The first period (1865–1872) was linked to Freedmen's Bureau legislation and the second (1965–1975) was a part of the Civil Rights Movement. Both had dramatic and positive effects on black health ...
The 21st Century Cancer Access to Life-Saving Early detection, Research and Treatment (ALERT) Act is a bill in the United States Congress to provide funding for cancer research. The bill, intended to modernize the National Cancer Act of 1971 , was introduced by Senators Edward M. Kennedy (sponsor of the original bill) and Kay Bailey Hutchison ...
The Hematological Cancer Research Investment and Education Act of 2001 (Pub. L. 107–172 (text)) amends the Public Health Service Act to allocate funding and establish directed research and education programs targeted at forms of blood cancer, in particular leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma. [1]
Opinion: Medicare must provide immediate coverage for new preventive care tools and services for treating cancer. Medicare must fund blood-based cancer screenings. NY's delegatin must act
The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 was the first major anti-discrimination legislation passed in Australia, aimed at prohibiting discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or national origin. [12] Jurisdictions within Australia moved shortly after to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, through acts including the Equal Opportunity Act ...
Facing a cancer diagnosis is no longer the death sentence it once was thanks to advances in science. But now a new hurdle that has nothing to do with the boundaries of modern medicine threatens ...
(Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration on Monday urged a U.S. appeals court to preserve a federal mandate that requires health insurers to cover preventive care services including HIV ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 December 2024. Landmark U.S. civil rights and labor law This article is about the 1964 Civil Rights Act. For other American laws called the Civil Rights Acts, see Civil Rights Act. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Long title An Act to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the ...