health disparities

Environmental justice advocates were circulating a petition for counties across Florida to use electric school buses at a weekend event to distribute free menstrual products and diapers in Tampa.

A new investment fund launched by one of the few Black venture capitalists in health care is focused on backing Black entrepreneurs. And the investors include some of the biggest names in for-profit health care.

A hepatitis C clinic is one of the board’s projects to help residents in less wealthier areas gain access to needed treatments and care.

By training members of the community to deliver surveys and collect data, the hope is that better understanding will emerge across the lines of race and socioeconomics.

Despite a wide variety of challenges from job loss to distrust of the establishment, the success the Hispanic community has seen could help other communities tackle vaccine hesitancy.

Though vaccination rates among Black Floridians still lag behind whites and Hispanics, recent data shows they are improving.

The coronavirus pandemic and vaccine rollout have magnified inequities in Florida’s health care system, advocates say.

Clinical trials help medical professionals find out how effective new treatments are – but as Dr. Kevin Sneed, the dean of the University of South Florida…