Center on Health Equity & Access

Many hospitalized adults could benefit from linkage to dental care. This article describes a planned study to refer inpatients to community dental providers.

Vaccine schedule shifts may widen gaps; learn how safety-net workflows and community education counter misinformation and boost uptake.

Study links PFAS and forever chemicals in children and teens to lower bone density in adolescents—especially girls—highlighting critical exposure windows.

Rising global temperatures are silently driving a sedentary crisis, and the world’s most vulnerable populations are paying the steepest price.

New studies link abortion bans to higher births and WIC demand and spotlight care-access gaps, cancer disparities, and value-based reforms shaping 2026.

Experts discussed how systemic changes need to be made to help improve preventive care access, which in turn can improve outcomes.

Cost barriers push Latino adults to delay care, raising emergency department visits.

Peter Staley at CROI 2026 on defending 45 years of HIV progress: how clinicians, payers, and advocates can resist—quietly or publicly—and why it matters.

Racial and geographic CRC disparities described in a recent report highlight the need for urgent research and prevention efforts nationwide.

The 2026 V-BID Summit showcases strategies to make health care more affordable, equitable, and outcomes-driven.

New research links post-Dobbs total abortion bans to higher births and WIC demand, raising safety-net costs and access concerns.

Susan Cantrell, CEO of AMCP, discusses the impact of the CDC's recent changes to the childhood immunization schedule and the role of managed care pharmacy in addressing them.

As Medicare Advantage grows, first-time enrollees demonstrate increasing demographic and clinical diversity, indicating that benefits should be designed to reflect the population’s changing composition.

A study of 46 million visits finds telemedicine remains above prepandemic levels, but older adults and minority groups are less likely to use virtual care.

Intensive lifestyle programs for childhood obesity can prevent long-term chronic disease.

Federal RHTP funding often misses states with the highest rural mortality and greatest projected Medicaid funding losses, researchers found.

Community programs like Go for Bold improve health, but lasting, equitable gains require complementary structural food policies—including taxes, reformulation, and labeling—to shift environments and sustain change.

A deeper understanding of vitiligo's autoimmune mechanisms has fundamentally transformed vitiligo care, explains Susan Taylor, MD.

The FDA approved kinase inhibitors, biologics, a pancreatic cancer device, GLP-1 updates, and a new ultrarare disease pathway in February 2026.

New data tracks young-onset colorectal cancer, Medicaid health gaps, pediatric diabetes spikes, and drug-pricing shifts reshaping US care in 2026 highlight this weekly roundup.

Racial disparities in food insecurity persisted despite income level in US households between 2000 and 2023.

Experts unpacked MFN drug pricing, expired ACA subsidies, and IRA fallout for community oncology in a recent webinar.

Medicaid managed care organizations should prioritize children in low-opportunity neighborhoods to optimize health care utilization, improve minority health, and address health-related social needs.

Health inequities add $360 billion yearly; see how employers uncover disparities in claims, rethink deductibles, and invest in prevention to curb costs.