health equity

No one disagrees that access to the nation's health care system is broken. But critics say major policy updates could disrupt the delicate balance between quality and cost.

Black women are nearly three times more likely than white women to die of pregnancy-related causes in the U.S. Two Miami doctors discuss the causes of this disparity and how to address them.

Many Black patients also try to be informed and minimize questions to put providers at ease. “The system looks at us differently,” says the founder of the African American Wellness Project.

The federally qualified health center says the center is open for patients who used CVS and need to transfer their prescription to another pharmacy.

The country is suffering from a severe shortage of affordable housing. But elected officials have done little to fix a problem that puts many Americans at greater risk for sickness and shortens lives.

Improving lung cancer outcomes in Black communities will take more than lowering the screening age, experts say. Disparities are present in everything from the studies that inform when people should get checked to the availability of care in rural areas.

At the Multicultural Health Institute in Sarasota, Dr. Lisa Merritt treats patients, of course. She also inspires a new generation to think big when it comes to public health.

A reexamination of American Academy of Pediatrics treatment recommendations has doctors concerned that Black youngsters have been undertreated and overlooked,

On Intersection, we talk with three experts looking into the causes and solutions of health disparities, such as access to prevention and care.

Cervical cancer, which is largely preventable, and if caught early, highly treatable, has an outsized impact on Black women's mortality, a January study finds.