#primary care

Already, more than 100 million Americans don’t have regular access to primary care, a number that has nearly doubled since 2014.

Will Leqembi’s primary benefit—a slight slowing of decline in cognition and functioning—make a difference to patients and family members...

Amida Care provides gender-affirming care, PrEP, hepatitis C treatment and more.

The American Cancer Society commits to improving lives by increasing diversity in medical education.

For every 10% increase in Black primary care physicians, life expectancy increased by about one month for Black patients.

Black and Latino patients are less likely to have their mental health concerns addressed compared with white patients.

Even though quietly dropping a seldom-seen patient might not have an immediate medical consequence, patients ought to be informed.

People treated for HCV were cured even without direct intervention from a specialist.

Nearly eight years after Truvada’s approval for HIV prevention, primary care providers struggle to understand—and prescribe—the pill.

HIVMA updated its 2013 guidance on providing evidence-based primary care to people with HIV.

The retailer offers services such as routine checkups, eye and dental exams, and therapy and may expand nationwide.

Black and Hispanic patients who call for appointments are also more likely than whites to be asked about their insurance status.

It’s time, leaders say, to decentralize hepatitis C care from urban areas and get nonspecialists to provide care.

This is according to the largest-ever analysis of the treatment cascade among people tested for hepatitis C.

Primary care physicians and ob-gyns are the top clinicians ordering such tests.

Researchers say paying doctors more for preventive care than emergency care may better the health of those in marginalized communities.