6 Health Disparities Women of Color Face and How We Can Address Them
As of 2023, there are 169 million women and 166 million men living in the US. While men and women share many of the same health risks and concerns, wo…
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The Number of Uninsured Latinos Decreases to 18%
US Latinos and other racial/ethnic minority populations made historic gains in healthcare coverage in the years after the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a…
Tell HHS: Promotoras Are Essential for Public Health and Vaccine Education!
As COVID-19 exposed cracks in our healthcare system and racial/ethnic health inequities, community health workers rose to the challenge to educate com…
Latinos to Feel More Heat Due to Bans on Protections for Outdoor Workers
With heat reaching record-breaking numbers every summer in some states, evidence points to our climate changing. For instance, Florida saw its hotte…
Latinos Have Some of the Most Dangerous Jobs in the US
Latinos make up 18% of the American workforce and are the fastest growing working population in the country, according to the U.S. Department of Labor…
1 in 5 People on Transplant Waiting List are Latino
More than 100,000 people are waiting for a life-changing organ transplant in the US, according to the American Heart Association. The stark reality …
Free Virtual Program Aims to Teach a Patient-Centered Approach to Research
In recent years, researchers have made a larger effort to tap into previously underrepresented communities, such as communities of color, to create mo…
5 Big Accomplishments for the All of Us Research Program
For the last several years, the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) All of Us Research Program has endeavored to collect the health data of over 1…
Diversity of All of Us Research Data Unlocks 275 New Genetic Variants
For the last few years, the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program has mounted an unprecedented effort to collect health data fr…
Researchers, Find Data for Your Study in Free Virtual All of Us Convention
The All of Us Research Program is peeling back the curtain on its ground-breaking health data collection by hosting its annual All of Us Research Conv…