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Mind the Gap: The Cost of Mental Health Disparities | July 24, Washington DC | In-person and nationally streamed

July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, and The Hill is bringing together a diverse group of administration officials, lawmakers, health care professionals and advocates to discuss the issue. The impact of mental health inequalities In the United States.

The speakers are as follows:

• Daniel DawesFounding Dean, Meharry School of Global Health
• doctor Gary PackleinPresident, National Minority Quality Forum
• Daniel GillisonCEO, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

• doctor Patrice HariFormer AMA President

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Although the plague rarely affects humans, about seven cases are reported annually in the United States, for several reasons:

Colorado health officials have confirmed a human case of the plague, a rare bacterial infection notorious for killing tens of millions of people in 14th-century Europe and now easily treatable with antibiotics. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there are seven cases of plague in the U.S. annually, and…

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