health disparities

Black Ohioans represent 14% of the state’s population but one-in-four of Ohio's positive COVID-19 cases, nearly a third of all hospitalizations and…

Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) called racism a public health crisis while releasing a report from a task force created to look into how COVID-19 is hitting...

Three times as many Black Americans as whites have also become infected with the coronavirus, according to the National Urban League report, based partly on data from Johns Hopkins University.

An Ohio State University professor is now leading the nation’s oldest association of Black doctors.Dr. Leon McDougle, a professor of family medicine at…

Doctors from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center say that Latina and Black pregnant women in their hospitals are testing positive for COVID-19…

Through a partnership between state and local government, volunteers and city workers in Richmond, Va., are passing out PPE in at-risk neighborhoods.

Last month, Cleveland’s elected officials and nonprofit leaders took to the steps of City Hall to hail a declaration by city council that racism is a public health crisis.

Hundreds of people lined up in West Akron for free, in-car coronavirus testing over the weekend.The parking lot at House Of The Lord Church was filled…

This spring, as it became clear COVID-19 was hitting African-Americans especially hard, Indianapolis-area health officials vowed to set up testing sites...

Systemic racism has a huge impact on the health of Black Americans, and not just in the doctor’s office. In a Facebook Live event, Side Effects Public...