Texas Hospitals Must Now Ask Patients Whether They Are in the U.S. Legally State will also track the cost of treating people without legal status Nov 01, 2024
Advancing Health in Africa Rob Breiman, MD, discusses his public health work on the continent Oct 31, 2024 video
Vote: Your Health and Your Patients' Health Depend on It Civic participation is linked to better community health Oct 31, 2024
IG Live November 1: Healthcare Is on the Ballot Public health and access to care are at stake in the 2024 election Oct 30, 2024
Surprising Mediator Links Poverty and Knee Pain Study: It's not deprivation per se, but intervening factors that go with it Oct 29, 2024
Kidney Disease Genetic Risk Common in West Africans Observational study points to genetic risk allele dose-response Oct 29, 2024
Lasting Effects of Racial Discrimination in Medical School Discrimination tied to lack of personal, professional development fostered by institutions Oct 29, 2024 video
A Look at the Supreme Court's Upcoming Term Public health is on the chopping block once again Oct 28, 2024
Going Beyond Hearing Aids for Equal Care Access Hearing loss is only becoming more prevalent Oct 27, 2024
I'm a Black Trauma Surgeon. Ending Gun Violence Demands Fighting for Racial Justice. An excerpt from Williams' book, The Bodies Keep Coming Oct 26, 2024
Medicaid Expansion Linked to Better Survival in Aggressive Breast Cancer Study also showed that patients were more likely to receive timely treatment Oct 24, 2024
50 Years After City Halted Prison Medical Testing, Families Seek Reparations "No amount of money can replace what was done to me," said one former prisoner Oct 24, 2024
'My Womb Isn't My Legacy' We must look beyond women's childbearing potential in healthcare and society in general Oct 22, 2024
Stroke Prevention Guideline Adds Recs for GLP-1 Drugs, Gender-Affirming Care Recommendation updates also address social determinants of health Oct 21, 2024
Case Against Perioperative Beta-Blockers Grows Stronger Excess postoperative strokes, and accompanying racial disparities, tied to any beta-blocker use Oct 20, 2024
Patients Are Relying on Lyft, Uber to Travel Far Distances to Medical Care Some are calling for states to subsidize the expensive trips for rural residents Oct 20, 2024
Women and Children First -- Or Not A look at the presidential candidates' records on maternal and child health Oct 19, 2024
New Estimates Show Over 4 Million People in the U.S. Have Glaucoma Black adults roughly twice as likely as white adults to be affected Oct 17, 2024
Lawmakers Pan DEA's Leaked Plans for Telehealth Meanwhile, a third extension of current rules is in the works Oct 16, 2024
People With HIV Can Safely Receive Kidneys From Donors With HIV U.S. study findings should help squash "remaining doubts" about safety, researcher says Oct 16, 2024
Female Genital Mutilation Happens in America, Too Physicians must partner with their patients to provide appropriate care Oct 14, 2024
Experts Highlight Alarming Jump in HIV Infections Among Latinos In a perspective piece, they argue that more equitable resource allocation is needed Oct 11, 2024
Excess Deaths Highest Among Younger Minorities During COVID Pandemic Racial, ethnic disparities in all-cause excess deaths worst among those ages 25 to 64 Oct 11, 2024
FDA's Promised Guidance on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely to End Decades of Racial Bias Devices three times as likely to miss dangerously low blood oxygen in Black patients Oct 10, 2024
Marburg Virus' Latest Eruption A veteran fighter against hemorrhagic fevers shares candid thoughts Oct 10, 2024
To Improve Indigenous Health, Expand Community Health Aide Programs Ensuring care access for remote communities is essential Oct 09, 2024
CMS Unveils Sample $2 Generic Drug List for Medicare Part D Enrollees But experts are skeptical the list would have much impact Oct 09, 2024
Risk of a Second Primary Melanoma Similar Regardless of Race/Ethnicity Differences in absolute, relative risk highlight complexities of analyzing rare events Oct 09, 2024
Just What the Doctor Ordered: Civic Engagement Can Improve Community Health The upcoming election is an important reminder of the value of voting Oct 07, 2024
Disparities in Heart Failure Rates Found Among Asian American Subpopulations Study highlights that Asian Americans should not be seen as a monolithic group Oct 03, 2024 video
Reclaiming the Night in the Wake of 'Abhaya's' Murder To everyone in medicine: don't underestimate the gentleness of Indian women as weakness Sep 29, 2024
An Indian Doctor Was Just Raped and Killed. This Is Not an Isolated Incident. An examination of what's driving sexual violence against women in medicine Sep 28, 2024
Decades After D-Day, Family of Black WWII Combat Medic Receives His Medal of Heroism Waverly B. Woodson Jr. treated wounded troops while under heavy German fire Sep 28, 2024
Experts Call for Targeted Policies to Address Opioid Epidemic Focus should be on communities of color, the incarcerated, Gen Z Sep 27, 2024
A Few Rural Towns Are Bucking the Trend and Building New Hospitals New full-service hospitals with inpatient beds are rare in rural America Sep 27, 2024
Insurance Claim Denials for Preventive Care More Common in At-Risk Patients Study suggests differences in how the ACA cost-sharing exemption is applied across patient groups Sep 27, 2024 video
These Kids With JIA Fare Poorly for Methotrexate Adherence Family, social, and financial stress compromises treatment, study suggests Sep 26, 2024
Sexual and Gender Minorities More Likely to Have Adverse Brain Outcomes Some LGBTQ+ groups have higher likelihood of dementia Sep 25, 2024
Anti-Pharma Bus Tour; Rapamycin for Longevity? Hospital Forgives Debt After Pressure This past week in healthcare investigations Sep 25, 2024
An Action Plan for Hypertension in Pregnancy The prevalence is unacceptably high, especially in Black women Sep 24, 2024
