Healthcare Regulation and Reform

The new facility is expected to open in November 2023 and will have 18 hemodialysis stations.

Health interventions have made it possible for people with sickle cell in the U.S. to live well into adulthood. But the transition out of pediatric care comes with many challenges.

A new community survey exposes widespread cancer, asthma, anxiety, and depression in Wilmington, California.

More states are lifting or reforming regulations governing the opening of new dialysis facilities.

Black women have high rates of fibroids – which are one of the leading causes of hysterectomies. Women in rural areas may have a harder time gaining access to alternative treatments such as uterine fibroid embolization that are available at large hospitals or specialty centers.

In Texas, the Bexar County Hospital District’s board of managers unanimously approved plans to build two new hospitals in medically underserved areas.

The treatment can help eliminate exhausting commutes and relieve overcrowding at a growing number of dialysis centers in the state.

Many in the resource-strapped sickle cell community find they are unable to access fertility treatments.

Inmigrantes latinos en apuros económicos participan una y otra vez en ensayos clínicos para ganar dinero. No siempre les explican los riesgos para su salud y, cuando algo sale mal, buscar justicia puede ser agónico.

The vast majority of people with sickle cell disease are Black. Sickle cell researchers, physicians and patients believe these disparities exist – and persist – because of systemic racism.