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Baltimore Draws 10-Year Blueprint To Cut Racial Health Disparities

  Baltimore officials presented a 10-year plan Tuesday that sharply highlights the poor health status of African-Americans and aims to bring black rates of lead poisoning, heart disease, obesity, smoking and overdoses more in line with those of whites. “We wanted to specifically call out disparities” in racial health, said Dr. Leana Wen, who became […]