In January, 2025, several executive orders were issued limiting federal funding for gender-affirming health care, declaring that there are only two biological sexes, and halting diversity programmes.1 ...

February is Black History Month, a time to honor the history and resilience of the black community. But for some, health ...

Researchers present the most comprehensive study on U.S. health care spending and variations across 3,110 counties by four ...

The U.S. has a much higher rate of maternal mortality than other high-income countries, and the risks are especially acute ...

Educational attainment may partly explain disparities in first-trimester heart health. White individuals in their first trimester had more years of education on average vs. Black and Hispanic ...

A day after Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration, Harvard University said it would begin using a definition of antisemitism that the first Trump administration promoted and that ...

according to the definition followed thus far. Relying solely on BMI cut-offs leads to both over- and under-diagnosis of obesity. People with excess body fat may not always have a BMI of more than 30.

Similarly, poor rural communities, often made up of predominantly white Americans, struggle with a lack of health care facilities and hospital closures. These disparities reflect a shared struggle ...

The 2 who died weren’t American citizens. Delayed access to critical care probably contributed to their deaths, reflecting a global health truism: life-and-death questions are often decided by ...

They offer a more nuanced approach. This shift could improve clinical care, public-health policies and societal attitudes toward obesity, says Elisabeth van Rossum, an endocrinologist at the ...