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Specialized training is needed to educate dermatologists about differences between Black and white skin and hair.

The green light used in some wearables, including Fitbit, makes it more difficult to get precise readings for those with darker skin.

Addressing barriers to care, such as insurance coverage, could mitigate disparities in outcomes between white and Black men.

Residents of African-American neighborhoods in cities live farther from trauma centers than folks in white communities.

What will it take to break the vicious cycle of poverty and bad health?

Read books on being diagnosed with cancer and much more.

Black women face additional burdens along their risk-management journey, researchers say.

To find an effective cure for Alzheimer’s, research must more accurately reflect the diversity of the U.S. population.

Regardless of race, ethnicity or nationality, men are more likely than women to get cancer.

Race and other factors may be to blame for the higher incidence of heart failure among Black children compared with kids from other groups.

Hospitals must work harder to create more respectful and welcoming workplaces for the diverse resident physicians who train there.

The stigma Black ballerinas experience mirrors body image issues faced by other women and girls of color.

Smoking behaviors do not explain this new finding.

These 24 HIV leaders of color offer an answer by drafting “A Declaration of Liberation.”

Why do Black newborns die before their first birthday more often than White infants?

Genetics may help explain why African Americans seem to be at a greater risk of certain autoimmune diseases.