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Throughout 2024, the Center on Health Equity & Access explored critical gaps in health care access and innovative efforts to address them.

Three abstracts presented at the 2024 American Society of Hematology annual meeting focused on patient preferences and treatment choices in blood cancers.

The top 5 most-viewed content from this year's American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2024 International Conference featured an interview with Monica Kraft, MD, ASTF, and coverage of multiple respiratory and pulmonary medicine areas.

In the final part of our interview, Alice W. Lee, PhD, MPH, highlights the importance of addressing ovarian cancer care disparities and beyond by understanding cultural and behavioral factors and adopting a more disaggregated approach to research.

Recent analyses spotlight inequities in health care, from the financial burdens faced by employees at small firms due to higher insurance costs to disparities in data and ovarian cancer survival among racial and ethnic groups.

In part 2 of our interview, Alice W. Lee, PhD, MPH, of California State University, Fullerton, examines survival disparities between Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and Asian Indian/Pakistani patients with ovarian cancer and suggests areas for further research.

Robin Glasgow, MBA, executive leadership advisor of Spencer Stuart, discusses the critical role of data in health care, emphasizing the need to address pervasive biases in data collection and algorithms.

A new report from The Commonwealth Fund compares trends in health plan spending and employee costs for 2014 through 2023 between small and large businesses, taking into account plan premiums, employee contributions, and deductibles. It also highlights that although small firms do not even have to offer health benefits, large firms are required to do so by the Affordable Care Act.

Inadequate housing significantly impacts public health, leading to various health issues and increased mortality rates.

A pair of studies presented at the 2024 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition highlight continuing gaps in hemophilia care despite the availability of prophylactic therapies.

Top coverage from the 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress focused on screening, treatment, and equity in cardiovascular care.

Breast cancer outcomes are significantly impacted by race and immune responses, particularly among Black patients with triple-negative subtypes, emphasizing the need to understand these disparities and develop more effective treatment strategies.

Innovations in rare blood disorders took center stage at the 2024 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition, with key research presented on immune thrombocytopenia, hemophilia, and multiple myeloma.

Alice W. Lee, PhD, MPH, of California State University, Fullerton, discusses her study on ovarian cancer survival disparities among disaggregated Asian American subgroups, emphasizing the need for a subgroup-specific approach in cancer research.

New insights underscore the value of considering sleep variability when addressing inequities in pediatric sleep health.

These data from the Environmental Protection Agency were presented at the Society for Risk Analysis annual meeting.

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Promising topline results from a phase 3B study show the efficacy and quality of life (QOL) improvements of iptacopan (Fabhalta) as a twice-daily oral monotherapy for adult patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) who transitioned from anti-C5 therapies.

Older adults from Hispanic, Asian, and non-Hispanic Black populations in the US are more likely to reach age 100 compared with their non-Hispanic White peers.

Older adults in the United States are disproportionately affected by health care costs compared with their counterparts in other wealthy nations.

While race-aware models showed superior statistical calibration across racial and ethnic groups, their benefits in clinical decision-making were less pronounced than expected.

Experts are now urging the inclusion of sickle cell disease in the global health agenda to address disparities in treatment access.

Cancer drug prices rose post-launch in the US, while they declined in Germany and Switzerland.

The 6-year mandatory Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model aims to boost kidney transplants and address disparities by incentivizing hospitals, enhancing care coordination, and measuring transplant outcome performance.

The Center on Health Equity & Access highlights news and expert insights on research, social determinants of health, and health policy.

Food insecurity is a significant public health concern that disproportionately affects marginalized communities, contributing to a range of health disparities.

While name brands like Adderall and Vyvanse may have been recently removed from the FDA Drug Shortage Database, it's unclear if it'll last; meanwhile, many generic forms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication are still in short supply.

State-level maternal health scores varied greatly in the 2024 March of Dimes report card, with Vermont getting the only A grade on preterm birth rates.

Adults with more unfavorable health-related social needs, such as unemployment or food insecurity, had a higher prevalence of low cardiovascular health, highlighting the importance of addressing social determinants to improve population health.