Black and Latino patients have far less access to potentially life-saving experimental drugs than white Americans. As the Biden administration and research industry address the COVID-19 pandemic and plan for the next one, they must make health equity a priority in our nation's drug development...
Underrepresentation is a big problem for minority patients on an individual level. Clinical trial participants get to take life-saving treatments years before those medicines become available to the public....
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) just took an important step towards addressing one of the worst public health crises of our time. No, not COVID-19, but a disease that chronically affects millions of Americans: diabetes. ...
A newly released study by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, a Boston-based nonprofit, attempts to answer a weighty question: How much should it cost to treat the novel coronavirus?...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) just took a major step toward improving affordability for seniors with diabetes....
Marginalized communities globally are forced to confront deeply ingrained societal issues that often place them in second place, a process rooted in systemic racism and discrimination that affects every aspect of their lives....
Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease...
A letter from a broad coalition of groups to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar asked Monday for increased funding measures to address disparities in how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting minority and rural communities, as well as seniors and other...
Today, a broad-based group comprised of national civil rights, progressive, and multicultural organizations announced the launch of the Health Equity Collaborative (www.healthequitycollaborative.org), a newly formed digital education hub dedicated to prioritizing the advancement of health equity. ...
December 12, 2019: This briefing will address critical questions aimed at motivating change....
March 3, 2020: The NIMHD 10th Anniversary Scientific Symposium: Innovations to Promote Health Equity will showcase the latest discoveries in minority health and health disparities research. Join us for a day of new insights, dynamic discussions and a look toward the future....
March 10, 2020: The Black Women's Health Imperative will commemorate National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day with the release of the first-ever graphic novel depicting cis and transgender Black women as superheroes on a quest to encourage HIV awareness and prevention. A portion of...