Dr. Omer Awan, physician and public health expert, breaks down the latest data as well as health disparities associated with ...

Addressing healthcare disparities begins with research and flows through a strategic policy pipeline to drive real change. Some of the most innovative inventions in history came out of the desire to ...

No one can deny that health inequities are a global issue. The United States, despite decades of progress, has one of the highest rates of health disparities in the world. Our health care system is ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — It’s a concerning reality that has persisted for decades. Black women and babies are disproportionately more likely to die in childbirth than any other race. That’s why all ...

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, ...

At any given time almost 90,000 people in the United States are waiting for a kidney transplant, and every day 11 die waiting for one. Of these people, 35% are Black patients receiving dialysis for ...

Researchers found health system performance is worse for many people of color. Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are evident in every state, even those with robust health systems, according ...

MINNEAPOLIS — It’s been almost four years since George Floyd was murdered here at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, a South Minneapolis corner anchored by a convenience store, its red awning still ...

Duke study uses stories about water crisis in Michigan to point to importance of reframing the language of racial inequality Stories involving poverty and race are far more likely to get public ...

As the national organization representing nearly 50,000 physicians and other health care professionals specializing in cancer treatment, diagnosis, prevention, and research, ASCO supports effective ...