For patients who speak languages other than English, including the millions of immigrants in the US, language barriers have hindered COVID-19 vaccine access. Consequently, these barriers impacted the...
A coalition of 24 states united to appeal a Texas judge’s ruling that could essentially withhold medication abortion pills nationwide and jeopardize reproductive care access under the...
Some 16.8 million Black people live in a place with suboptimal specialty care access, with a new GoodRx report showing particularly that Black people are more likely to live in cardiology care deserts...
Over 20 percent of US adults, mainly low-income individuals, experience transportation barriers that hinder care access, leading to at least one missed medical appointment in the past year, revealed an...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) want state Medicaid plans to improve patient care access, with the proposed Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services and Managed Care Access, Finance,...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in partnership with the Indian Health Service (IHS), has slated $2.5 million to support the development of produce prescription, a growing approach to...
Although buprenorphine prescribing regulations were relaxed to increase opioid treatment access, medication rates remained unchanged between 2016 and 2022; researchers suggested that additional...
The evidence keeps piling up, cementing weathering as a key social determinant of health (SDOH). New data from the American Heart Association highlighted the link between workplace discrimination and...
As the United States nears the end of its COVID-19 emergency declarations, Michigan's Health Department has repurposed old COVID-19 testing sites for a pilot program, leveraging community health...
To truly get a handle on the racial health disparities that opened up during the COVID-19 pandemic, take a look at the years of life lost, Kaiser Family Foundation researchers say. In a new analysis...
New York State's Securing Reproductive Health Centers Program, announced by Governor Kathy Hochul, will allocate over $1.68 million in grants to enhance reproductive healthcare access for services...
The different social determinants of health have different impacts on healthcare quality, utilization, and outcomes, with new Humana data showing that some SDOH are more closely related to poor care...
The Physicians Foundation has launched the Let’s Take Five campaign, which aims to give doctors resources to start conversations about the social determinants of health and implement SDOH...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its plan to maintain COVID-19 vaccine access for the uninsured even after the end of the public health emergency (PHE) in May.
The HHS...
YouTube is retooling how it presents medical information on social media by outlining new content policies for videos about eating disorders, the company’s director and head of YouTube Health...
Having more Black primary care physicians in a given area is linked with better survival-related outcomes for the Black people who live there, according to new JAMA Network Open data. These findings...
A new study out of the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University presents a snapshot of cancer health literacy, revealing mixed knowledge of cancer adherence screening guidelines that...
Involving community support persons in the birthing experience can counter obstetric racism impacting the maternal health experience for Black mothers. This approach contributes to safer hospital...
New data is showing that preventive screening for alcohol use dropped during COVID-19 surges, despite figures showing that alcohol use increased during the pandemic, prompting some experts to...
The one in five adults who have experienced long COVID also have trouble with other aspects of healthcare, with new Urban Institute findings indicating issues with healthcare costs and patient care...
