Two large studies released this month found that commonly used racial categories in U.S. health data obscure significant ...

Health disparities related to tobacco use are not equally distributed among all population groups, the U.S. Surgeon General revealed in a new report on Tuesday. Despite significant progress in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brittany Charlton, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and renowned expert in LGBTQ health, has described the goal of ...

A maternal health policy forum at Birmingham City Hall focused on the disparities Black women face in accessing health care ...

In the South, women face higher risks of dying from breast and cervical cancer than in other U.S. regions. Kirtly Jones, MD, discusses the contributing factors, from health care access to economic ...

The Health Insurance Disparities Index allows stakeholders to assess progress in addressing health care disparities using publicly available, validated, reported health plan quality metrics results.