Health Equity

Four of the five top stories in cardiology last week were based on presentations from the virtual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

The nonprofit LUNGevity Foundation seeks to improve quality of life and survivorship for those touched by lung cancer while promoting health equity by addressing health disparities throughout the care continuum.

This inaugural award goes to a physician who has made meaningful change to overcome the social determinants of health in gastroenterology.

During this year’s ACG 2020 Virtual meeting, Healio will host its annual Disruptive Innovators Award ceremony on Monday, October 26.

Health equity and acknowledgment of disparities among Black and Hispanic individuals is of paramount concern, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a presentation at the virtual Cardiometabolic Health Congress.

Bristol Myers Squibb awarded a $5 million grant to Stand Up To Cancer for research and education efforts to achieve health equity for underserved patients with lung cancer.

Since its founding in 2018, the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s Inclusion, Diversity, Access and Equity Task Force (IDA&E) has worked to address racial and ethnic disparities in health care.

Only 43% of full-length human studies published in 2019 in three ophthalmology journals reported race and/or ethnicity data, suggesting the need for researchers to increase reporting of racial and ethnic demographic information.

The health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. have disproportionately affected people with diabetes, who are more likely to be unemployed, work in high-risk jobs and ration medications, according to new survey data.

The United States Preventive Services Task Force has developed a plan for creating primary care-based recommendations regarding social determinants of health, according to a position paper published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.