This report evaluates disparities in health and health care across racial and ethnic groups, both within states and between U ...

Native, Hispanic and Black communities experienced worse health access and affordability issues than white people in most ...

I’ve experienced the reality of health disparities firsthand. Growing up in a low-income, predominantly Black neighborhood in Boston during the 60s and 70s, my family didn’t have access, or, frankly, ...

A region of vast expanses and unparalleled natural beauty, the southwestern United States is a land of harsh socioeconomic realities for many, especially for underserved Native American and Hispanic ...

Educational equity is increasingly recognized as a crucial dimension of life-course epidemiology and public health, given its profound and far-reaching ...

It's clear the COVID pandemic has exacerbated health disparities across our community. Mental health challenges have increased due to physical isolation, ongoing uncertainty and fear, grief, and ...

Black Americans are nearly twice as likely to have high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease than White Americans, and their life expectancy is about five years shorter. Why? In this special ...

Implementation and Evaluation of Close to Me, a Novel Outpatient Clinic and Home-Based Infusion Therapy Program Through the Veterans Health Administration This was a population-based cohort study ...

For Dr. Kate Sowerwine, chief medical officer at Recuro Health, a telemedicine technology and services company, her journey into medicine was deeply influenced by the challenges her mother faced while ...

The Mental Health Parity Index found 43 states have disparities in access to in-network mental health care and substance use disorder treatment. The tool — created by the American Medical Association, ...