A rural Missouri ambulance district brings preventive care into homes, reducing emergencies while highlighting workforce shortages and the need for community-backed EMS funding.
Chronic Disease
A son’s mission to transform his mom’s health turned into Peace Runners 773, a running and walking group around Garfield Park. It’s part of a broader effort to help people live longer.
West Garfield Park residents are expected to live on average until 67 years old, compared to Loop residents living to age 87. This is widest death gap in Chicago and the biggest gap of any big U.S. city, the most recent data shows.
Communities of color are underrepresented in the donor pool, and the U.S. system faces broader problems, from overall donor shortages to demographic and seasonal swings.
Transportation barriers prevent many Detroiters from accessing vital care at John Mailey’s clinic, where weight and blood pressure management are offered. This issue contributes to higher hospitalization rates and a $150 billion annual cost to the U.S. healthcare system.
Rural EMTs face long shifts, long transports, limited resources, rising mental-health and chronic-disease calls, and a heavy emotional toll.
The Health Divide: D’Angelo’s death from pancreatic cancer is a painful reminder of its unequal toll
D’Angelo’s death is a sobering reminder of the racial gaps in the diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of pancreatic cancer that go well beyond biology.
Hepatitis B cases and deaths declined since 2021, but rates remain above national average. Advocates are urging routine screening, vaccination and annual reporting.
Cancer has touched Roy Johnson’s life deeply — losing family to it, fighting it himself, and now urging awareness while sharing his journey with prostate cancer.
Leonard Wilson’s journey with hypertension reveals how systemic racism, stress, and poor access to care heighten health risks for Black Americans.