Editor’s note: This post won the AcademyHealth Disparities Interest Group’s student essay contest. Students were asked to write an editorial on any health disparities topic of their choice, with a ...

The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a hearing June 16 addressing racial disparities in the U.S. military justice system. Watch the hearing in the video player above. The ...

Racial and ethnic minorities face significant disparities in mental health service utilization and quality of care, often due to cultural misunderstandings and lack of access to appropriate providers.

It’s become accepted wisdom at this point: The coronavirus is not a color-blind adversary. Ten months into the pandemic, it bears repeating: This pandemic is unequivocally hitting communities of color ...

People with disabilities have more difficulty accessing health care and more negative interactions with health care providers than people without disabilities, according to a Rutgers Health study. The ...