Preserving public health data is vital to our democracy. Data tell the story of who we are as a nation. It can inform policies that meet community needs, determine how government spends money, and ...

Digital technologies can enhance infection detection and patient safety, but risk creating two-tier health systems that ...

Defined by the World Health Organization as systematic differences in the health status of different population groups, health inequity remains a fundamental issue in our healthcare system and society ...

Susan Escudier, MD, discusses the practical implications of financial barriers for patients with cancer accessing oncology ...

This is Part 1 of Embedded Bias, a series revealing how race-based clinical algorithms pervade medicine and why it's so difficult to change them. Pediatrician Alexandra Epee-Bounya had had enough. In ...

Unmet health-related social needs (HRSN) undergird and often exacerbate poor health outcomes and quality of life. These critical health-influencing factors disproportionately impact members of ...

(Editor’s note: The federal government has removed several web pages linked to in this brief. Where possible, links to archived versions have been inserted.) Data are the cornerstone of public health ...

Beyer is an M.D./Ph.D. candidate at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. As a pediatrician and a scientist-in-training, I conduct research on a critical question ...

Despite the contributions of more than 700,000 men to randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of prostate cancer (PC) screening over several decades, it is still unclear whether there is a PC-specific ...

Help at Home employed nearly 800 caregivers scattered across every county in Alabama, helping 1,100 older and disabled clients with activities such as bathing, housework and meal preparation. And then ...

Policymakers are increasingly showing interest in oversight over the ownership transactions of health care providers.