At any given time almost 90,000 people in the United States are waiting for a kidney transplant, and every day 11 die waiting for one. Of these people, 35% are Black patients receiving dialysis for ...

Among near-poor Black and Hispanic individuals, Medicare Advantage was associated with increased vision care and some, although not uniform, reductions in access disparities vs traditional Medicare.

Hundreds of leaders will gather to explore data-driven strategies for transforming care delivery and reducing disparities in health outcomes at the American Hospital Association’s inaugural Healthier ...

No one can deny that health inequities are a global issue. The United States, despite decades of progress, has one of the highest rates of health disparities in the world. Our health care system is ...

Access to quality health care remains a significant issue for women, especially within marginalized communities. Women face challenges such as long travel distances to clinics, limited availability of ...

Patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) face prolonged diagnostic journeys, with racial/ethnic minority and female patients experiencing longer delays and higher stress levels compared to ...

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Earlier this year, a study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal found widespread racial and ethnic disparities in medical care, ...

Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or another non-heterosexual orientation (LGBTQIA+) continue to face many disparities in both health outcomes and access to good ...

Regarding "Racial disparity in births: Black women in NJ 25% more likely to get unplanned C-section," NorthJersey.com, Sept. 16: The disparities in health care outcomes for Black women in New Jersey ...

Meghan Abate '25 is a neuroscience major and an economics minor and she is a 2024-25 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her own.