Martin Luther King Jr speaks to civil rights marchers in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 25, 1965. He was a believer in health ...

As a sociologist who has explored the impact of health reform on health care access over the last decade, my research shows ...

As Vice President Kamala Harris recently declared to Midwestern voters, “We must fight for a future where every American has an opportunity to own a home, start a business, and build wealth.” With ...

Medical sociology examines how social, cultural, political and economic factors shape health in ways that medicine alone ...

Northwestern’s ADVOCATE Center, a learning health system for improving health equity for LGBTQ+ patients and people with HIV, first launched in March, expanding upon their program that began in 2022.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Few health care professionals would argue with the fact that vast differences exist in access to and outcomes of the care their patients receive, but the reasons why health disparities ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. With the Democratic convention underway, Chicago's biggest ...

Washington Post journalists speak with top experts about the medical toll of racial inequality and ways to address disparities in health care. Associate editor Jonathan Capehart begins with assistant ...

Vanderbilt University has launched the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health, a collaboration between the university’s College of Arts and Science and the School of Nursing.

As someone cited in the recent article by Katy Abbott about the Tang Center dropping Health Net for staff and faculty, I wish to respond from the staff perspective. I think it’s difficult for any ...