Experts hope new universal basic income programs and an innovative maternal center will help protect Black infants and mothers.
Race and Equity
Links between environmental exposures and maternal health outcomes remain underexplored, despite recent efforts to catch up.
A pledge to sharply reduce infant mortality by 2023 faces daunting obstacles.
For years in the western Coachella Valley, residents who don’t speak English have been left out of senior centers — the same places where many older adults go when experiencing isolation, loneliness, and housing, food or income insecurity.
Medical discrimination and a lack of data make it difficult for people of color to get help for post-COVID problems.
The quest to stop unnecessary deaths of Black birthing people.
From providing accurate COVID-19 information to advocating for testing and vaccination with cultural sensitivity, these community healthcare workers were key to serving marginalized Hispanic populations.
Period poverty is a global issue experienced by millions of people, especially houseless, low-income and Black and Brown communities.
One in five Indigenous Chamorros in the Northern Mariana Islands has diabetes, and the demand for dialysis is growing. But the only dialysis centers are on the capital island of Saipan.
The pandemic compounded barriers to accessing medical care—and many continue to delay or forgo treatment.