Lawmakers are pursuing a range of efforts to eradicate America's healthcare inequities. They're creating a Health Equity Task Force, pushing for widespread broadband internet access, and making telehealth a more viable option for low-income and rural communities. ...
More than thirty years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, airlines are decades behind buses, trains, and subways in accommodating passengers with disabilities. This discrepancy is not just a matter of convenience, but of fundamental dignity....
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...
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....
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....
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....
La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los EE. UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) acaba de aprobar una autorización de uso de emergencia para la vacuna de Johnson & Johnson, la tercera vacuna para combatir el coronavirus en EEUU....
Black History Month may be coming to an end. But efforts to combat the racial inequities that have long plagued our healthcare system should -- and must -- continue....
The Health Equity Collaborative, a broad-based group comprised of national civil rights, progressive, and multicultural public health organizations, wishes to emphasize the dire need for reforms to strengthen America’s healthcare safety net. As our health system continues to grapple with COVID-19, our federal programs must...
Nutritional disparities among communities of color in the United States have become a growing point of concern for public health officials in recent years. If we hope to dismantle the health and socioeconomic barriers that prevent so many Americans from thriving, providing the tools they...
Black Americans are nearly four times as likely as their white counterparts to be hospitalized following infection, and nearly three times as likely to die. Meanwhile, Hispanic Americans share a similar mortality rate, and are more than four times as likely to suffer a stint...
The historic election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris means a change at the White House as well as a dramatically different approach to health policy in the Humphrey Building. ...