There is no question our nation has witnessed a sharp surge in flagrant xenophobia and hate-based violence perpetrated against Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities during the pandemic....
A coalition of more than 30 civil rights, progressive and multicultural groups is appealing to the Biden administration and lawmakers on the Hill to adopt their policy guidelines and “engage directly with community-based organizations and public health advocates when developing interventions to measurably improve health...
Cision - Today, a coalition of 33 progressive, civil rights, and multicultural organizations sent a letter to Congress and the Biden administration outlining new guidelines to elevate health equity....
Today, a coalition of 33 progressive, civil rights, and multicultural organizations sent a letter to Congress and the Biden administration outlining new guidelines to elevate health equity....
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...