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Plus: The White House moves to ensure that future ACA health plans cost less, protect those with chronic illness and don’t discriminate.

A popular song about suicide by rapper Logic is linked with increased calls to the suicide prevention hotline and a dip in suicides.

In many states, legislators and scientists are calling for an end to natural hair bias by employment, education and housing gatekeepers.

HIV stigma and worries about disclosure were also associated with lower odds of taking treatment as prescribed.

UPDATE: Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed Saturday, November 20.

Many African Americans feel Black mental health counselors relate better to their experiences of Black trauma.

Can health plans force clients to get HIV meds in the mail or at a specific pharmacy in order to keep discounts?

Why Black people are at greater risk for this dementia than their white peers.

Tuskegee Institute researchers are finally being recognized for their work in the development of the polio vaccine.

The Supreme Court upholds the Affordable Care Act for a third time. Here’s a look at responses from health care advocates.

Police killings of Black people and legal decisions to let cops go unpunished triggers emotional and physical trauma in Black Americans.

Plus: Buy a “Queer Blood America” work by artist Jordan Eagles, who fights the FDA’s discriminatory ban on blood donors.

Weather agencies team to map locations where poor people and people of color need help to combat the consequences of extreme heat.

As discrimination and disparities continue to negatively affect Black women’s health, some search for same-race doctors to administer care.

The actress designed a six-week program to fight the traumatic mental health effects of racism in school.

A ranking of over 3,200 hospitals has flagged major disparities in how segregated the U.S. health care system can be.