Outdated technology, provider shortages, long travel times to care and high rates of chronic disease are among the issues the ...

A new evidence-based framework aims to establish a U.S. industry standard for measuring health equity efforts. Put out by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), the white paper has been in ...

Throughout 2025, the federal government and several state healthcare systems advanced new restrictions on diversity, equity, ...

For STEMI patients who develop cardiogenic shock, there are substantial disparities in the use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) across the United States, according to a retrospective analysis.

Key barriers include misdiagnosis, insufficient gMG knowledge among healthcare providers, and limited access to specialists, ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 12 (UPI) --A large-scale analysis of data from nationwide surveys reveals that lower income and racial minority status are "significantly" associated with more risk factors for ...

Live Science's health channel editor makes predictions about the medical breakthroughs and public health shifts to come in ...

Kidney cancer incidence is 90% higher in American Indian and Alaska Native populations than in non-Hispanic Whites, with mortality rates nearly double. Disparities are driven by late detection, ...

Danish drugmaker Bavarian Nordic said that it was ready to supply up to 10 million doses of its vaccine targeting mpox by the end of 2025 - Copyright GETTY IMAGES ...

Health outcomes for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are consistently worse than for children without IDDs. Recent estimates suggest that between 2-3% of US children ...