Seniors in urban areas and on the coasts are surviving longer than their counterparts in rural areas and the nation’s interior, according to an analysis from Samuel Preston of the University of Pennsylvania, one of the nation’s leading demographers. More
Recognizing the extent to which disease outbreaks affect women and men differently is a fundamental step to understanding the primary and secondary effects of a health emergency on different individuals and communities, and for creating effective, equitable policies and interventions. More
The Department of Veterans Affairs has for decades unlawfully turned away thousands of veterans with other-than-honorable discharges, rendering some of the most vulnerable veterans invisible and desperate for help, according to a study released Thursday. More
Even in top positions at U.S. medical schools, women earn less than men, a study suggests. More
For much of the 20th century, medical progress seemed limitless. Antibiotics revolutionized the care of infections. Vaccines turned deadly childhood diseases into distant memories. Americans lived longer, healthier lives than their parents. Yet today, some of the greatest success stories in public health are unraveling. More
A care management program in Tennessee for high-need, high-cost Medicaid patients reduces healthcare service spending and healthcare utilization, research published this month indicates. More
New research suggests the policing tactic can have damaging effects on physical and mental health. More
At the turn of the last century, cities were known to be cesspools rampant with disease. Much has changed since then. Today, health care disparities between urban and rural America have indeed reversed. And they are growing wider. More
The U.S. has an inexcusably high maternal mortality rate. More
Uninsurance rates have fallen over the past 20 years, but has health care become more affordable? More
The number of women dying each year due to pregnancy or childbirth in the United States has remained steady and some women remain more at risk of death than others, according to a new government report. More
Disparities in medical care may account for why African-American men with prostate cancer are almost twice as likely to die as white men with the disease. More
The city is fighting diet-related illnesses in its poorest neighborhoods one fresh tomato at a time. More
Disappointing study results have cast a pall over a pioneering health care model connecting patients with community resources. More
The Geography of Child Opportunity: Why Neighborhoods Matter for Equity contains our analysis of the first findings from the Child Opportunity Index 2.0 for the 100 largest U.S. metros. More
Racial bias still affects many aspects of health care.
A woman is more likely to die of cervical cancer in Alabama than in any other state in the country. An African-American woman in the state is twice as likely to die of cervical cancer than a white woman. More
The mentally ill fight a battle every day — they battle to want to live, to not hurt others so they may live, to run from those who would take their life because the hidden wounds of mental illness are too often misunderstood. More
Improving health and lowering costs for the sickest and most expensive patients in America is a dream harder to realize than many health care leaders had hoped, according to a study published Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine. More
Too many Native women are dying due to complications from pregnancy and childbirth – deaths that should be preventable with the right intervention and care. More