Spain, Tarragona. Grandson teaching his grandfather to use the computer and surf the internet. Americans with less education are aging faster than their peers with more schooling, according to a study ...

Health inequality remains a pressing challenge across populations, contributing to disproportionate rates of illness, reduced life expectancy, and unequal access to essential care services. These ...

In 2024, the maternal mortality rate (MMR) in the United States and the United Kingdom will grow, although postmortem reviews conclude that 80 percent of maternal deaths in high-income countries are ...

Rural hospitals and hospitals that treat patients regardless of their ability to pay have been hampered by federal rules limiting their access to funding for capital projects—making it harder for them ...

Women and people who grew up in socioeconomically disadvantaged households consistently reported higher psychological ...

Ohio State medical students are putting their hearts in the right place. A fundraiser organized by students in the Ohio State College of Medicine to provide low-socioeconomic patients with financial ...

Structural racism affects the health and well-being of ethnic minority group communities in London and contributes to avoidable and unfair inequalities between ethnic groups, finds a new report ...

Vanderbilt University has launched the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health, a collaboration between the university’s College of Arts and Science and the School of Nursing.

First-of-its-kind study assesses how health benefits of aggressive climate policy travel across international borders ...

Meredith Dietz is Lifehacker’s Senior Staff Writer. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English and Communications from Northeastern University, where she graduated as valedictorian of her college.