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Viable inbred offspring are also likely to be inflicted with physical deformities and genetically inherited diseases. [69] Studies have confirmed an increase in several genetic disorders due to inbreeding such as blindness, hearing loss, neonatal diabetes, limb malformations, disorders of sex development, schizophrenia and several others.
The overrepresentation of African-American people among confirmed COVID-19 cases and the number of deaths underscores the fact that the coronavirus pandemic is amplifying and exacerbating existing social inequalities tied to race, class, and access to the health care system according to many statistical studies.
Even more recently in September 2021, the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution tabulated that Black mortality rate due to COVID-19 was almost 1.5x that of White Americans. They argue that not only does increased mortality rates affect life expectancy for Black Americans, it also threatens their recovery from COVID-19-related damages.
When Mary De La Rosa closed her toddler and preschool program in March because of the coronavirus pandemic, she fully expected to serve the 14 children again some day. “We kept trying to find a ...
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Black Maternal Health Week raises awareness of pregnancy, childbirth complications. Black mom shares why she chose to give birth at home instead of a hospital.
Cognitive abilities among inbred and non-inbred children in "families of five Muslim populations of [the] Jammu region." [ 11 ] Multiple studies have established consanguinity as a high cause for birth defects and abnormalities.
African American women are also more likely to contract COVID-19 than African American men and white women. [35] The prevalence of medical racism and sexism (lack of quality healthcare, harmful experimentation, etc.) has led to negative relationships with healthcare systems and increased risk of negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes ...