Hannah Nesich, AHA senior communications specialist, recently sat down with Joy Rhoden, AHA senior vice president and executive director, health outcomes and care transformation, to talk about what’s ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A report from the Health Policy Institute of Ohio highlighted certain health disparities between Ohioans based on race. The report shows the challenges for Black Ohioans and ...

Racial health disparities may widen as states, universities and nonprofits grapple with federal funding cuts to programs that were aimed at filling gaps in care, public health experts say. As part of ...

Scott D. Landes ([email protected]), Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. After years of advocacy by the disability community and allied organizations, on September 26, 2023, the National ...

In its campaign against “woke” science, the N.I.H. has closed down studies and programs focused on the gaps between racial and socioeconomic groups. Sunghee Lee, an associate research professor at the ...

Despite decades of efforts to address healthcare inequities in the United States through programs and policies targeting social determinants of health, disparities persist across racial, gender, ...

A new data tool from researchers at UCLA highlights significant environmental health disparities between Latino and white neighborhoods in L.A., providing critical insights amid escalating public ...

Brittany Charlton, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and renowned expert in LGBTQ health, has described the goal of her research as “trying to improve health care for a segment of the ...

Dr. Ezell is a visiting professor at the University of Chicago department of medicine, where he studies environmental health disparities. I study racial disparities in health. So much of my work is — ...

Santa Clara County’s Latino population has faced devastating health disparities in recent years, with Latino residents experiencing higher rates of gun violence, obesity and deaths from diabetes 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 ...