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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.

Medical experts call on Congress to address the fact that Black women are three to four times more likely to die after giving birth.

In a reversal of a Trump policy, health care providers may not discriminate based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Many basic assessments of disease, organ function and patient therapies employ race-based calculations.

Texas Health Action launches a telehealth program statewide, including judgment-free HIV and STI testing and treatment.

#NYHAAD is Saturday, April 10, and youth HIV advocates want your help to repeal HIV discrimination. Here’s their plan.

Five ways nations can create a fairer and healthier world post–COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization