Navajo Times article: Navajo Casinos Open Smoke Free

After years of advocacy by a large coalition of nonprofits, health organizations, government officials and traditional practitioners that have promoted anti-smoking policies for Navajo, the Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise casinos are finally opening up smoke-free.

TIME article: The World’s Leading Medical Journals Don’t Write About Racism. That’s a Problem

This article highlights that amid growing calls for anti-racism and health equity, troubling reports have emerged highlighting the ways the U.S. healthcare industry avoids even talking about, let alone addressing, racism.

CDC Launches New Resources on Racism

Check out the CDC’s resources on racism here:

• The CDC’s Racism and Health website
• CDC Health Equity Matters newsletter: A quarterly e-newsletter in which the CDC’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) shares news, perspectives and progress in the science and practice of health equity.

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