The Department of Justice has taken steps to ensure that people with disabilities have access to the polls, including evaluating voting equipment, adapting locations to make them ADA-compliant, and training poll workers, while organizations like the National Disability Rights Network have worked directly with election officials to make polling locations more accessible.
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Researchers launch $3.7 million study on how structural racism accelerates aging in African Americans
Researchers from Rutgers University and Michigan State University have received a five-year grant from the National Institute on Aging to study the long-term effects of structural racism on cognitive aging, physical decline, and frailty in Black Americans.
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Experts discuss how microplastics get into our systems and the effects
Microplastics have been found in the bloodstream of patients and can be ingested through food and water containers, but there is little evidence to suggest they are a health concern and there is no policy in place to regulate them.
