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How Health Systems Can Maintain a Commitment to Health Equity in 2026

In 2025, political and social shifts created real uncertainty for health systems committed to advancing health equity. Federal actions targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, funding rollbacks, and language changes have left many hospitals asking: Can we still do this work—and how? A new Innovation Report from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), “Maintaining […]

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Funding

The Best Health Equity Funders

Yes, it continues to be rough out there to find the funding needed to make a difference. Using the most recent data we could find (compiled on our sister site, Findgrant.ai we tracked 364 unique organizations receiving over 500 grants totaling $382.6 million, with an average grant size of approximately $765,000. These investments reflect a deepening commitment […]

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AI

A Conversation with Andrea King

At a time when public health agencies are being asked to do more with less, Andrea King is helping them harness the power of artificial intelligence and modern data tools without losing sight of ethics, equity, or real-world impact. Trained as an epidemiologist and data scientist, Andrea leads the PubHealthAI Collaborative Network, a national community […]

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Commentary

Measuring Equity in an Age of Disinvestment: A Critical Look at IHI’s New Framework

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) 2025 white paper, Advancing Health Equity: An Approach to Systematically Identify and Evaluate Health Disparities, offers a structured, evidence-based pathway for health systems to measure inequities in care. It arrives at a crucial moment. The very concept of “equity” has become politically fraught, and when public health infrastructure itself […]

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Health tips

What This Study Reveals About COVID Recovery and Running

I’ve been injured since 2015, so I don’t get as many miles as I’d like. But new research shows deeper inequities. Not All Runners Cross the Same Finish Line: Picture the finish line at the 2023 Medellín Marathon. Thousands of runners cross, some jubilant, others exhausted. But behind the medals and cheers lies a hidden […]

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Commentary

When Public Health Is Reframed Against Itself: A Critical Look at CDC’s New Priorities

Public health professionals across the country work daily to build trust, protect communities, and advance equity. So when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), long considered the world’s leading public health agency, updates its priorities, we all pay attention. Unfortunately, the newly released priorities statement raises serious concerns. While it speaks the language […]

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Funding

Can America’s Public Health System Survive the Next 3.5 Years?

Recent leadership upheavals, budget cuts, and shrinking programs are reshaping the nation’s approach to preparing for health crises and managing chronic diseases. The next few years will depend heavily on politics, funding, and the balance between federal and state roles. The Current Trajectory (2025–2027) 1. A smaller, more politicized federal center. The removal of CDC […]

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Research

Being Better Ancestors for a Healing and Just Healthcare System

Healthcare in the United States is at a crossroads. Rising costs, declining (or precipitously falling) trust, and persistent racial and social inequities have made it clear: patchwork fixes and short-term programs aren’t enough. In their NEJM Catalyst article, Being Better Ancestors for a Healing and Just Healthcare System,” Somava Saha, MD, MS, Kellie Easton, and […]

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Health equity

How Tackling Racism Could Reduce Chronic Illness

Imagine living in a neighborhood without parks, struggling to find healthy food, facing job discrimination, and fearing medical systems that have failed your family before. Now imagine that this daily stress doesn’t just wear on your mood—it wears on your body’s cells, your immune system, even your DNA. That’s the unsettling reality laid out in […]

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