Through funding elder healthcare programs, supporting equity-centered healthcare policies and elevating senior citizen’s ...

A new data tool shows how large the gaps are between environmental health risks and outcomes in Latino and white neighborhoods in Los Angeles.

Dismantling the health disparities research industrial complex requires establishing common-sense research priorities, something that might finally be possible if the new leadership at the N.I.H ...

A statewide project aiming to reduce disparities in minority groups’ access to mental-health care and treatment risks shuttering a year early under the California governor’s latest budget ...

Q&A: Why regional disparities in opioid overdose mortality persist despite national decline by Mass General Brigham edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes ...

Despite national progress in colorectal cancer (CRC) care, racial and ethnic disparities in death rates have persisted—and in some cases worsened—over the past 3 decades, according to a new ...

RFK Jr. is gutting minority health offices across HHS that are key to reducing health disparities The cuts come as health disparities remain a major challenge in the U.S.

A liberal Minnesota prosecutor receiving backlash for letting a Tesla vandal off easy is now pushing to reduce “racial disparities” in sentencing. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty’s ...

This week we dig into two key issues in Iowa — disparities faced by the Black population in Polk County and the circumstances surrounding the state of cancer in Iowa.

Over the last two decades, ischemic stroke mortality rates in the U.S. have grown, with almost 3 in 10 deaths occurring at home, and increases particularly among racial minorities and rural ...

A new Cleveland report shows some alarming health disparities in high chronic conditions and unmet needs compared to Ohio and U.S. averages.