To achieve health equity, governments can use a variety of tools, including civil rights legislation and constitutional jurisprudence.

The health status of the US population remains poor when compared to that of similar nations. There are lessons for us from Cuba.

One health system’s development and validation of inequity measures across patient groups demonstrates an approach that could be nationally scalable.

LaShyra Nolen, the first Black woman to serve as Harvard Medical School’s student council president, joins us to discuss health equity, community engagement, and the future of health professional school curricular design.

The opioid crisis, maternal death, and COVID-19 underscore trust as foundational to public health and call for redefinition of what it means to be a US clinician.

Christopher Ogolla talks about applying equal protection under the US Constitution to advance health equity.

Ethical obligations to address racial health inequity in American life exist now, just as they did in 1865.

Patients’ cultural, religious, and social norms deserve respect, but some decisions’ effects on patients’ outcomes can be unjust and ethically troubling.

As health professionals, DACA recipients increase diversity in the health care work force and are well positioned to promote health equity.

This graphic considers clinical and ethical dimensions of community- and health professions-based obligations to children experiencing homelessness.