According to early reports, the ongoing COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has disproportionately impacted people of color and low-income communities in the United States.
Jul 30, 2020
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Leading health disparities experts hope health institutions will take advantage of a new cancer health equity research volume recently released that curates the latest developments in how researchers can best address health ...
Jul 10, 2020
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Among adults with kidney failure in need of a transplant, socioeconomic status and medical illnesses likely contribute to racial disparities in being put on transplant wait lists. The findings come from a study that will ...
May 7, 2020
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A new study provides insights into the degree to which socioeconomic status explains racial and ethnic disparities in childhood cancer survival. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer ...
Aug 20, 2018
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In a recent study, a trained navigator who provided guidance to disadvantaged patients with kidney failure helped increase access to the transplant waitlist among patients who needed a longer time to get through the transplant ...
Mar 26, 2018
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A new study from Duke Health has found pregnant women experienced less secondhand smoke exposure since the 2009 passage of the 'smoking ban' in North Carolina, which outlawed smoking inside public places such as bars and ...
Jan 16, 2018
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(HealthDay)—In a finding that will surprise few, new research shows that minorities and the poor suffer more stress than their wealthy, white peers.
Jan 8, 2018
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Unequal exposure to environmental pollutants acting as endocrine-disrupting chemicals is an under-recognized risk factor that may play a key role in driving the higher rates of diabetes among minority and low-income populations, ...
Nov 15, 2017
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A "look back" analysis of more than 600 major colorectal surgeries using a "checklist" tool has added further evidence that racial and socioeconomic disparities may occur during many specific stages of surgical care, particularly ...
Sep 14, 2017
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has helped to close the gap in health care access between residents of poor and higher-income households, a new report by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers shows.
Jul 26, 2017
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