Meanwhile, local reporters are detailing the impacts of ongoing public health funding cuts in their own communities.

Black maternal health is a critical issue due to wide disparities seen between non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic Black ...

The pandemic laid bare inequities that Boston's greatest minds worked hard to address. Five years later, some of these actions are under fire from the Trump administration.

Economics correspondent Paul Solman is exploring the impact on communities in Massachusetts after a private equity firm ...

The expanded collection and availability of disability data at the state level will help inform state policy makers about ...

The National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) proudly announces the 2025 theme for National Minority Health Month: “Health Unlocked: Access, Alignment, Action.” This year’s theme recognizes the evolving ...

Steward Health Care was once the largest private hospital system in the country. When the private equity-backed network filed ...

Achieving gender justice in global health—which the Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health defines as encompassing the realisation of universal rights in relation to health equity and gender ...

A collective of Black, Indigenous, and people of color–centered organizations is bringing an equity focus to food as medicine.

Culturally-sensitive healthcare, which responds to individuals' particular concerns about cancer beyond the disease, is a ...

At some point in our lives, seven out of ten of us will need long-term care. And costs for it are high, rising faster than ...

Autistic people make up a substantial proportion of society, with global prevalence estimated at around 1%.1 This amounts to ...