05/03/21 Diversity, Inclusion & Health Equity Symposium
June, 23 2021
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Chicago, USA...
Author: HEC admin
05/03/21 National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
August 9-13, 2021...
04/27/21 How will Congressional attempts to lower drug prices impact underserved communities?
Last week, The House Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor committees reintroduced H.R. 3, the "Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act." While we commend Congressional efforts to lower the cost of drugs, we should have the conversation - at what...
04/26/21 The Hill: American women should have access to safe contraceptives
Eleven years ago, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act and began the largest expansion of access to health care in this country in five decades. This landmark law gave 20 million previously uninsured Americans access to health care. But that was not all....
04/20/21 Addressing Healthcare Diversity from All Angles
Covid-19 sparked much-needed dialogue on the importance of healthcare diversity. But we must be mindful not to push meaningful progress on this matter aside once the pandemic abates....
04/16/21 HEC Supports Congressional Efforts to Prioritize Racial Equity #StopAsianHate
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....
04/07/21 Politico: Progressive, civil rights groups call for health equity emphasis
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...
04/07/21 PR Newswire: Health Equity Collaborative Leads National Community Organizations in Submitting New Health Equity Guidelines to Lawmakers
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....
04/07/21 Health Equity Collaborative Leads National Community Organizations in Submitting New Health Equity Guidelines to Lawmakers
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....
02/13/21 Austin American-Statesman: Bring the health equity fight to drug development
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...
01/10/21 International Business Times: To Save Lives, Clinical Trials Need Diversity
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....
08/09/20 South Florida Sun Sentinel: Diabetes reform brings needed relief to seniors, but more action needed
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. ...