If you've ever filled out a demographic form (like the US Census), you've probably been asked about your race and ethnicity. You might even wonder exactly what those terms mean and how they differ.

Companies are particularly eager to get ahead of the change and ensure they’re catering to a rapidly diversifying market and workforce. Gen Z, the most racially diverse generation in American history, ...

Algorithms are currently used to assist in a wide array of health care decisions. Despite the general utility of these health care algorithms, there is growing recognition that they may lead to ...

Harvard will forbid alumni interviewers from including any information about an applicant’s race, ethnicity, or national ...

The Office of Management and Budget announced Thursday that the U.S. government would revise how it categorizes race and ethnicity, adding the category of “Middle Eastern or North African” to forms ...

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, ...

Normies might consider our roots in the British Empire, observe our majority-White population, heed the language spoken all around them, and conclude that the obvious answer is “the English.” But ...

Racial and ethnic achievement gaps are already large by the time kids reach elementary school. One explanation for these achievement gaps is the greater likelihood that Black and Hispanic students ...

Katie Palmer covers telehealth, clinical artificial intelligence, and the health data economy — with an emphasis on the impacts of digital health care for patients, providers, and businesses. You can ...

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