Center on Health Equity & Access

New drugs aren't the only advances in oncology. Innovation includes collaboration between to remove barriers to remove barriers to care, according to experts who gathered for a session of the Institute for Value-Based Medicine in Arlington, Virginia.

Couples that were made up of 2 transgender women were less likely to contract HIV compared with couples that were made up of a transgender woman and a cisgender man.

A UK cohort study finds socioeconomic deprivation in early life is tied to greater eating disorder symptoms in adolescence, with barriers to care.

Climate-related disasters threaten US drug production, highlighting vulnerabilities in the pharmaceutical supply chain and the urgent need for strategic planning.

National Psoriasis Awareness Month offers an opportunity to examine how advances in systemic therapy, combined with patient-centered care models, are reshaping the treatment landscape.

Public awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV) and its link to cervical and oral cancers is alarmingly low in the US, especially in the Midwest and South.

Young transgender adults had increased adherence to long-acting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) when adherence was confirmed via blood testing and incentives were delivered in cash.

Past efforts to collect data and to understand the relationship between minimal residual disease and outcomes will help researchers in multiple myeloma develop a new generation of targeted therapies, decide when treatment can be stopped, and possibly screen populations for the disease.

A new national poll puts on full display the concerns of many parents that their children’s mental health and physical health are worsening, and that social media leads the way as a top cause.

Pediatric dermatology faces access disparities due to lack of awareness, language barriers, and training gaps in recognizing diverse skin conditions.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and socioeconomic factors enhance risk stratification for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) post transplant, aiming to reduce hospital readmissions and disease progression.

Laxmi Patel, chief strategy officer at Savista, outlines major impacts of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act on Medicaid and what hospitals can do to prepare for these changes.

High stigma due to HIV was also associated with depression and drug use, making the reduction in stigma vital for improving the care of women with HIV.

A national study finds technology use and blood sugar control are up in youths and adults with type 1 diabetes, yet racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic gaps persist.

Elise S. Tremblay, MD, MPH, explores potential policy solutions and research directions to address ongoing challenges in insulin affordability and access.

Physicians were more likely to include terms that undermine the competence and sincerity of Black patients' claims when compared with White patients in a recent study.

Proposed Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium hikes threaten health care access, with potential increases of over 75% for enrollees.

Women who experienced stalking or intimate partner violence were 40% more likely to self-diagnose an adverse cardiovascular event compared with women who did not.

Explore the disparities in multiple myeloma treatment and how new initiatives aim to improve clinical trial participation among underrepresented patients during a conversation with Joseph Mikhael, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FACP, FASCO, chief medical officer of the International Myeloma Foundation.

International Myeloma Foundation Chief Medical Office Joseph Mikhael, MD, shares how the M-Power initiative is addressing disparities through community engagement, education, and improved clinical trial access.

In this clip, Elise S. Tremblay, MD, MPH, explores factors behind fluctuations in insulin out-of-pocket costs and highlights the serious health consequences of persistently lower insulin use.

Sedentary behaviors are associated with increased CVD risk and, when combined with social drivers of health, increase the risk of adverse CVD events like coronary heart disease, stroke, and heart failure.

Accessing pediatric dermatology care is challenging due to a shortage of specialists and general dermatologists' reluctance to treat children, but increasing their comfort level with seeing children could help bridge the gap, explained Elizabeth Garcia Creighton, of University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Social drivers of health are determined primarily by an individual’s economic stability, access to quality education, and health care. These factors also play a key role in the proportion of moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) in an individual’s lifetime, which can also impact their cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.

Alina Salganicoff, PhD, discusses the immediate effects of the budget cuts to Medicaid as it pertains to women's health across the country.