Equity

A new memoir takes a personal look at why today’s generation of rural, low-income Americans won't live as long as their parents.

The current culture war isn’t the first time gender-affirming care has come under fire. It's time to break the cycle.

Health data doesn’t always make its way into the hands of people who need it—and some necessary data isn't collected at all.

Native leaders welcome the federal government's move, even as they remain skeptical the effort will outlast Biden's term.

Author Tracy Kidder paints an empathic portrait of people experiencing homelessness and one man who chose to care for them—Dr. Jim O’Connell.

The way America fights obesity is increasing stigma and leading to harmful behavior. For truly better health, we need a new approach.

After decades of losing coastline, Native Americans look to a young chief to help them find a place in the future.

Half of U.S. hospitals are nonprofit. Their tax-exempt status comes with a requirement to improve community health—but few are meeting it.

More research is needed to determine racism's negative health impacts on the Romani people, says Roma scholar Margareta Matache.

With food insecurity soaring around the world, Oxfam International executive director Gabriela Bucher calls for structural reform.