Health Equity
Black, Hispanic and American Indian/Alaska Native adults have higher flu hospitalization rates and lower flu vaccination rates than white adults, according to a report released by the CDC.
The Biden Administration released a strategy to better prepare and protect the nation from future pandemics and biological threats, and called for Congress to provide $88 billion over five years to help implement the plan.
Who remembers paper road maps? Before GPS navigation systems and navigation apps on mobile phones, people would unfold an unwieldy paper map and use it to plan and track progress on their journey.
AHA's Institute for Diversity and Health Equity held its latest Health Equity Innovation Summit, which explored regional challenges and solutions to accelerate health equity.
Nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and tribal organizations can apply though Jan. 6 for up to $6 million each to retrain current and former nurses and frontline health care workers.
The House voted 220-205 today to pass legislation to hold employer-based health plans more accountable for improper denials of mental health and substance use benefits.
At a White House conference today on hunger, nutrition and health, the Biden Administration announced $8 billion in public- and private-sector commitments to help end hunger and reduce diet-related disease for Americans by 2030.
AHA comments on the Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed rule to reinstate the regulatory protections against discrimination in covered health care programs and activities contained in Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.
Hospitals and patients are seeking tools that support maternal health while offering greater convenience and efficiency, along with more comprehensive, culturally competent care. Digital solutions can support hospitals’ efforts as they work to improve patients’ outcomes and experiences.
In this first podcast in a new AHA Advancing Health series, #JustLead, Shana Dacon-Pereira, senior director for the office of diversity and inclusion at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, shares how her organization works to advance equity of care and spread lessons learned, an initiative that…