Health equity and health equality both aim to improve outcomes and increase access to services, especially for underserved populations and marginalized groups. Equity and equality in healthcare are ...

How do you measure the success of a city? Is it by median income? A growing economy and the number of new jobs? Do you look at cultural diversity, and richness in community culture? Or track ...

Deep-seated racial and ethnic disparities persist in health care across the United States, even in states considered the most progressive, a new report shows. For example, California received a score ...

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, ...

Here are seven public health trends that could significantly shape healthier communities across Maryland in the years ahead.

Cancer disparities refer to differences in cancer measures between populations. Although cancer can affect anyone, some groups experience disproportionately negative cancer care. Cancer disparities ...

On May 22, 2023, the Associated Press posted a story that inaccurately characterized the University of Alabama at Birmingham's institutional role as it relates to the very real challenges in health ...

As an epidemiologist and physician, I’ve long been concerned about how health interventions for marginalized communities are evaluated. A new study explores that concern and offers some solutions for ...

(Editor’s note: The federal government has removed several web pages linked to in this brief. Where possible, links to archived versions have been inserted.) Data are the cornerstone of public health ...

Jude Odu, a health technology expert and former United Healthcare employee, discusses the dangers of outsourcing medical ...