Experts say the term evokes racist stereotypes, reinforces offensive tropes about Africa and abets stigmatization that can prevent people from seeking care.
Tag: Medicine and Health
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An Old Medicine Remedies Hair Loss for Pennies a Day, Doctors Say
Dermatologists who specialize in hair loss say that the key ingredient in a topical treatment worked even better when taken orally at a low dose.
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The Forgotten Virus: Zika Families and Researchers Struggle for Support
Some babies born with devastating birth defects from the mosquito-borne illness are 7 now, but Covid turned the world’s attention away.
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Why Does My Stomach Hurt? It’s Not Because I Eat at Restaurants for a Living
Half the world’s population has H. pylori, a type of bacteria that can mess with digestion. So why doesn’t the problem have a higher public profile?
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The C.D.C. Continues to Lead From Behind
From Covid guidelines to monkeypox, public health has a crisis of authority.