Tag / social inequities

Missouri Hospice & Palliative Care Association honored our CEO John Carney with the Heart of Hospice Visionary Award at a virtual event on May 4.

New treatments for kidney disease in Black Americans aim for a gene variant causing the illness in people of sub-Saharan African descent. Some experts, including Erika Blacksher at the Center, worry that focus will neglect the social inequities that affect the onset of kidney disease.