health equity

Local governments across the U.S. have increasingly turned to sweeps and arrests as the number of people living on the nation’s streets exploded by nearly 60% between 2015 and 2024. But growing evidence shows that forcing people to move can harm their health.

A new report released Thursday shows racial and ethnic disparities persist in health care access, quality, and outcomes across the nation, including in Indiana.

A new partnership will provide boxes packed with healthy food for residents in neighborhoods that lack access.

The initiative is a system-wide approach to addressing social determinants of health, which include factors that influence a person’s health like transportation, access to food or where a person lives.

A significant portion of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander adults in the U.S. have a hard time accessing health care and insurance coverage due to language barriers, according to a recent report from the Urban Institute.

The 2022 Indiana Black and Minority Health Fair will offer a range of free health services like blood work, breast exams, dental check-ups and childhood immunizations.

The program will invite medical students from historically Black colleges and universities to do clinical rotations with NFL teams.

A year ago, the CEOs of Indiana's four largest hospital systems promised to address racism in health care. Hospital leaders shared updates on their progress at a virtual forum this week, hosted by the Greater Indianapolis NAACP and the Indianapolis Recorder.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded $217 million to fund research at Indiana University School of Medicine in the current fiscal year. This will fund more research on Alzheimer's and community outreach projects.

COVID has handed society the biggest natural experiment in health and economic equity and social scientists say the scorecard is far from stellar.