Health District cuts health equity position amid budget shortfall, federal DEI crackdown

Amid a budget crunch, a position focused on health equity has been eliminated from the Spokane Regional Health District.
STAT

The NIH called my health equity research ‘antithetical to scientific inquiry’

Beyer is an M.D./Ph.D. candidate at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. As a pediatrician and a scientist-in-training, I conduct research on a critical question ...
Forbes

Data-Driven Approaches To Health Equity: How AI And Analytics Are Changing The Game

Health equity—the concept that every person has a fair and just opportunity to attain their maximum level of health—has never rung more true in today's highly driven healthcare world. Yet despite ...
Health Affairs

The Dental Divide: Addressing The South’s Oral Health Crisis As A Health Equity Imperative

In Alabama’s Black Belt, you can drive 60 to 90 miles without passing a single dental provider. According to the Alabama Department of Public Health, several counties—including Perry, Greene, Lowndes, ...
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Morocco to boost health and education spending to meet youth demands, says finance minister

Morocco will increase spending on health and education to nearly 140 billion dirhams ($13.6 billion) under its 2026 draft budget, up from about 128 billion dirhams in 2025, as part of efforts to ...