If you’ve filled out a survey at any point in the last 25 years, chances are you were asked two questions about your race and ethnicity: Whether you are of Hispanic or Latino descent, and then ...

The White House recently launched an effort to revise and update the statistical standards for race and ethnicity data collection across federal agencies with a stated goal of better reflecting the ...

As of 2021, most Medicaid enrollees nationally and in the majority of states were in managed care plans; as of 2023, half of Medicare enrollees nationally were in Medicare Advantage plans. Moreover, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released its first analysis of how vaccines have been distributed among different demographic groups in the United States. The data looked at the ...

Proposed changes in the way schools and states report data on students’ race and ethnicity to the federal government “would make it extremely difficult, and sometimes impossible,” to conduct research, ...

The race to vaccinate as many people as possible against covid-19 is under way, but unless we track who receives the vaccine we won’t be able to ensure the benefits are spread equitably. Publishing ...

The government's chief statistician put out a call for input via newly announced listening sessions as part of OMB's work to update federal race and ethnicity standards. The federal government wants ...

From accrediting organizations to payers, stakeholders seek often-illusive intel on healthcare's most vulnerable populations. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has announced its new ...

The 2020 U.S. Census has finally released its most detailed findings on America's race and ethnicity. Venezuelans were recorded as the fastest-growing Hispanic group, and Asian Indians and Chinese ...

Race and ethnicity data was missing for nearly half of all coronavirus vaccine recipients during the first month shots were available, further stymieing efforts to ensure an equitable response to a ...

Suicide rates in the United States differed by race and ethnicity in recent years, according to results of a cross-sectional study in a research letter published in JAMA Network Open. “The [CDC] ...