#health equity

Evidence for “Tough Conversations” Around Racism in Access to Cancer Care

Born of efforts to fight the nation’s overdose crisis, the guidance led to legal restrictions on doctors’ ability to prescribe painkillers...

Insurers now commonly require prior authorization for many mundane medical encounters, including basic imaging and prescription refills.

$9.6B for a new PrEP program to prevent HIV, $11B to eliminate hepatitis C and several proposed funding boosts encourage advocates.

The Biden administration estimates that 15 million of the more than 91 million Medicaid enrollees will fall off the rolls.

There are no hard-and-fast rules, but here’s some guidance about when it may make more sense to choose one or the other.

Advocates are pressing the IRS to crack down on nonprofit hospital systems that withhold financial assistance from low-income patients.

Scientists from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society participated in a career development program for college members. Here’s what they said.

People who ate more fast food, as well as those with diabetes or obesity, had a higher risk for NAFLD.

Patients saved as much as $222 per telehealth visit during the COVID pandemic.

NIH-supported studies show variations in symptoms and diagnostic experiences among different racial and ethnic groups.

The grants aim to eliminate health disparities in underserved communities in Louisville, Kentucky.

People without insurance will need to either pay full price, seek free or low-cost vaccines from community clinics or go without.

A lack of local providers knowledgeable in trans care can mean long drives to gender-affirming clinics in metropolitan areas.

Nearly a quarter reported discrimination when seeking health care, such as not being listened to or treated with respect.

Only five states increased their funding for tobacco prevention and cessation, finds a new report that challenges states to do more.

Black Americans represent 42% of new HIV cases but only 14% of the U.S. population. Amid challenges, progress has been made.