health equity

Approval from the state for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to build a freestanding hospital in Longwood Medical Area means progress for the cancer institute’s plan, as well as potential expansion of efforts to increase equitable access to care, supporters said.

Researchers, community members and advocates will gather next month in a conference to discuss solutions to the continuing Black maternal health disparities.

Under a campaign called the Live Long and Well Agenda, the city is looking to target overdose deaths, cardiometabolic diseases and preventable cancers — conditions that disproportionately affect communities of color and that the commission has identified as the leading causes of premature death in those communities of color.

Historically, Black Americans have largely been shut out of America’s healthcare system, first as patients, then as professionals. This was due in large part to a variety of long-standing institutional and systematic bigotry that has taken place over many years.

While much of the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is focused on things like workers’ rights, access to quality education, discrimination, transportation and other efforts trying to dismantle systemic racism, health equity leaders today point to another aspect of King’s work.

It’s an unheralded fact: Of the 24 million to 50 million Americans with an autoimmune disease, like lupus or multiple sclerosis, 80% are women. And a disproportionate number of them are Black.

For residents in Boston and surrounding communities, 2024 saw heightened discussions about the closure of health care facilities and the elimination of health care resources, highlighting gaps that already existed in lower-income areas and communities of color.

For South End residents, a new radiology suite is anticipated to mean improved, faster access to breast cancer screenings and X-rays.

A jam-packed room came together Oct. 4 for the EmpowerHer conference, a health equity conference focused on the health of Black women.

Black women have long faced worse outcomes and higher mortality rates from breast cancer, with ongoing impact from racism within health systems and other barriers that prevent easy access to care.

ew solutions — and now — was the name of the game for health care leaders at the Boston Medical Center’s EQTY 2024 summit last week.

A new initiative from the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts aims to increase access to mental health services for Black men, a group often left out of behavioral healthcare.