Today, there is more recognition than ever of the influence of structural forces on maternal and infant health and a heightened willingness to address those factors in a meaningful way. We cannot afford to waste this opportunity. More
Black Americans’ vaccination rates still trail all other groups, while Hispanics show improvement. Native Americans show the strongest rates nationally. More
More education typically leads to better health, yet Black men in the U.S. are not getting the same benefit as other groups, research suggests. More
The financial gap between wealthy hospitals and safety-net hospitals, which take everyone who walks through their doors, has widened during the pandemic, an NPR and PBS Frontline investigation found. More
Vaccination rates are significantly lower in communities of color in Massachusetts. The primary reason for this wide gap is that people are still not being met where they are. More
Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of "race-norming" to determine which players are eligible in the NFL's $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims. More
Hispanics who have yet to receive a covid shot are about twice as likely as non-Hispanic whites or Blacks to say they’d like to get vaccinated as soon as possible, according to a survey released Thursday. The findings hint at fixable, though difficult, vaccine access problems for the population. More
This cross-sectional study examines paid parental leave policies for faculty and staff physicians at leading US hospitals and cancer centers. More
The report catalogues many of the ways the AMA has excluded Black, brown, and Native physicians, espoused racism, and harmed people of color. More
Many vulnerable communities lack access to quality care, or face heightened burdens to convince providers that their conditions are real. More