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 ...

Health equity means ensuring everyone has the chance to be as healthy as possible. However, factors outside of a person’s control can prevent them from achieving their best health. Examples of these ...

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 ...

Gilbert Gee and Annie Ro depict systemic racism as the hidden base of an iceberg 10 (see illustration in online appendix exhibit 1). 11 The iceberg’s visible part represents the overt racism that ...

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 ...

According to a report by the March of Dimes, scores in Kansas improved overall. But people of color still face the biggest ...

Anne N. Sosin ([email protected]), Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Elizabeth A. Carpenter-Song, Dartmouth College. Health equity efforts in rural places have grown in recent years; however, ...

President Donald Trump’s administration has dramatically reshaped health and medical research by rolling back federal funding from institutions that have diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Health care disparities can lead to drastic ...

Access to quality trauma care varies across populations, with some facing greater barriers due to systemic biases, healthcare inequalities, and socioeconomic challenges. Marginalized groups — ...

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 ...