Officials say Gov. Larry Hogan is distracting from the key reasons so few Black residents have been vaccinated.

A month after the House oversight subcommittee released a report on the prevalence of arsenic and lead in major baby food brands, the FDA takes the first steps to establishing legal limits on toxic...

Fear of the virus — and of anti-Asian harassment — has led many Asian American families to keep their children home.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan declined an initial allocation of the newly authorized Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine this week even as nationwide demand continues to outpace available supply.

For decades, experts in contagious disease have warned that health insurance gaps accelerate the spread of epidemics. When people without health insurance begin to feel sick, they often delay seeking...

In the United States, the vaccination rates for Black and Hispanic people are far outpaced by that of white people, according to a New York Times analysis.

People with disabilities are disproportionately employed in industries that have suffered in the pandemic.

Many physicians are skeptical of structural racism, the idea that economic, educational, and other social systems preferentially disadvantage Black Americans and other communities of color. Mitchell...

Vaccine drives intended for underserved communities became destinations for people who know whom to call and how to advocate for themselves.

Residents who received $500 monthly payments were twice as likely to get a full-time job compared with other residents, researchers said.

Our government is effectively forcing people to choose between heat in their apartment and the risk of deportation

As Biden pursues an array of actions to solidify transgender rights, conservatives mount a backlash that focuses on women’s sports.

Community development efforts generally involve a range of initiatives that affect a neighborhood’s economic, physical, and social environments. They can include building affordable housing, financ...