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The Native people of Hispaniola were long believed to have died out. But a journalist's search for their descendants turned up surprising results

Racial bias in the health care setting is of particular concern as hospitals are twice as likely to provide formula to Black women than to white women nationally.

The St. Louis County Department of Public Health has released data noting breastfeeding disparities within the county.

The American Association for Cancer Research has published their annual Cancer Progress Report outlining recent advances in cancer research, remaining challenges in cancer care, and requests for the federal government to continue—and ideally increase—its investment in oncology.

The COVID-19 pandemic skyrocketed already high rates of alcohol consumption and related liver disease to unprecedented levels. Addiction specialists and hepatologists are still looking for the best path out.

Cancer mortality rates increased by 3.3 deaths per 100,000 individuals and was higher for historically minoritized populations.

Structural racism was associated with increased county-level cancer mortality rates among minority populations compared with whites, according to results presented at the 16th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, held September 29-October 2, 2023.

Commentary author Shigone Beighle writes that a new rules on physician assistants would limit health care access to rural Alaska Natives.

Dr. Ben Danielson, a clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington, Seattle, will speak about healthcare equity at an event Wednesday at Concordia College.

Tribe dedicated to “protection of the historic and cultural resources in the area,” president says.