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U.S. Civil Rights Commission Meeting on Health Care Disparities Between Minorities & Non-Minorities

Washington, DC
Friday, June 12, 2009

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights examines the reasons for persistent gaps between the health status of minorities and non-minorities in the United States, focusing on cardiovascular disease and the related condition of hypertension since racial and ethnic minorities continue to have more disease, disability, and premature death than non-minorities.

Updated: Friday, November 26, 2010 at 9:50am (ET)

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