Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — Illinois is getting ready to significantly expand Medicaid, taking it beyond the traditional medical and prescriptions ...

How long Americans can expect to live varies dramatically -- and the gap continues to widen. A new report says health inequalities have, in essence, created 10 Americas. These mutually exclusive ...

The NAACP has released findings from a new report examining health equity across the United States.

While historical health disparities, like those today, were deeply rooted in socioeconomic inequalities such as poverty, industrialisation, and war, modern disparities are driven by these persistent ...

North East Lincolnshire Council is to become a 'Marmot Place', a significant step in its ambition to tackle health inequalities and improve residents' wellbeing. The borough has worse than average ...

Vaccine uptake data have been examined to assess the impact of moving from a "2+1" to a "1+1" Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine ...

Background Colombia’s prolonged armed conflict has significantly impacted public health. This study constructs a ...