Dental Effort In Peril

UConn Minority Outreach Funding To End

A program at the University of Connecticut Health Center aimed at closing the dental divide between rich and poor by recruiting more minority dentists will end this summer, when a private grant expires.

The program was part of a national experiment funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that gave bright black and Latino college students extra help to pass the dental school admission test and go on to graduate. Research has shown that ... Full Story »

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This story reports on aspects of the health care in the United States that too often get under reported.

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