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Press Releases

• December 2, 2022
  HHS Launches New Maternal Health Resources for American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

• November 2, 2022
  HHS Selects Phase 3 Winners of the National Competition to Reduce HIV-Related Stigma and Disparities

• October 6, 2022
  HHS Takes Action to Break Language Barriers

• October 3, 2022
  HHS Awards Organizations Advancing Community-Driven Approaches for Tackling Structural Racism

• September 19, 2022
  HHS Awards $3 Million for Initiative to Promote Black Youth Mental Health

• June 16, 2022
  HHS Selects Phase 2 Winners of the National Competition to Reduce HIV-Related Stigma and Disparities

• April 4, 2022
  National Minority Health Month 2022: Giving Your Community A Boost!

• December 30, 2021
  HHS Selects Phase 1 Winners of the National Competition to Reduce HIV-Related Stigma and Disparities

• November 12, 2021
  HHS Awards $2 Million for Minority Leaders Development Program

• November 4, 2021
  HHS Awards $2 Million for New National Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education Program

• October 21, 2021
  HHS Announces $2.6 Million in Grant Awards for Initiative to Address Factors Contributing to Health Disparities and Structural Racism

• October 8, 2021
  HHS Awards $500,000 in Grants to Improve Use of Local Social Determinants of Health Data to Address Health Disparities

• October 7, 2021
  HHS Awards $3.4 Million in Grants for New Family-Centered Type 2 Diabetes Control and Prevention Initiative

• September 30, 2021
  HHS Awards $2 Million for New Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity

• July 22, 2021
  HHS Announces New National Challenge to Reduce HIV-Related Stigma and Disparities

• June 28, 2021
  HHS Announces Awardees of $250 Million to Fight COVID-19 and Improve Health Literacy Among Racial and Ethnic Minority and Vulnerable Communities

• March 10, 2021
  Biden Administration to Invest $250 Million in Effort to Encourage COVID-19 Safety and Vaccination Among Underserved Populations

• December 18, 2020
  HHS Announces New Initiative with American Heart Association to Address Hypertension among Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations

• October 8, 2020
  HHS Office of Minority Health Awards State and Local Grants to Help Reduce Health Disparities

• October 8, 2020
  HHS Office of Minority Health Awards Grants to Increase Economic Stability and Address Adverse Childhood Experiences

• October 1, 2020
  HHS Office of Minority Health Announces $1 Million Award to Develop National Sickle Cell Disease Data Collection System

• October 1, 2020
  HHS Office of Minority Health Awards $1.25 Million to Improve Treatment for Children with Sickle Cell Disease

• September 30, 2020
  HHS Office of Minority Health Awards Grants to Help Reduce Cardiac Arrest Disparities Through Data Registries

• June 23, 2020
  National Infrastructure for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 within Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities (NIMIC) Initiative

• May 1, 2020
  COVID-19 Funding Available to Minority, Rural and Socially Vulnerable Communities for Linkages to Services, Information and Education

• July 22, 2019
  HHS Office of Minority Health Awards Nearly $3 Million to Help Eliminate Hepatitis B

• March 27, 2019
  OMH announces Active & Healthy Challenge for National Minority Health Month

• September 27, 2017
  HHS Office of Minority Health awards $5 million to help
  communities address the opioid crisis, childhood obesity and serious mental illness

• May 2, 2017
  African American Death Rate Drops 25 Percent

• March 31, 2017
  National Minority Health Month 2017 highlights community-level efforts to help end health disparities

• October 13, 2016
  HHS Office of Minority Health partners with national minority-serving organizations to support workforce development

• September 8, 2016
  HHS and Walgreens collaborate to provide more than $10 million worth of flu shot vouchers for uninsured and underinsured Americans as flu season kicks off

• August 4, 2016
  HHS Office of Minority Health awards $2.4 million to support re-entry programs

• July 8, 2016
  HHS Office of Minority Health Awards $2.8 Million to Help Children Exposed to Trauma

• July 5, 2016
  HHS Office of Minority Health Awards $2M to Help Reduce Lupus Related Health Disparities

• March 31, 2016
  Statement National Minority Health Month 2016 underscores efforts to accelerate health equity for the nation

• September 25, 2015
  Walgreens to Provide Up To $15 Million Worth of Free Flu Shot Vouchers for Uninsured and Underinsured Americans

• August 19, 2015
  Statement from the OMH Director

• June 23, 2015
  HHS Office of Minority Health Releases E-Learning Program for Promotores de Salud

• April 24, 2015
  HHS to host National Minority Health Month Health Equity Summit

• September 30, 2014
  HHS and DOJ Award $3M to Support Innovative Approaches to Curb Youth Violence

• September 11, 2014
  HHS Awards $3.2 million to Help Support Minority Enrollment in Health Insurance Coverage

• June 30, 2014
  New Data Brief Reveals Characteristics of Uninsured Minority Men

Newsletters

Data and Issue Briefs

The Office of Minority Health periodically publishes briefs highlighting important topics and issues related to minority health and health disparities. Each data brief conveys complex statistical data and summarizes it in a straightforward manner using text and graphics.

Other Publications

Bui, Juliet, Minh Wendt, and Alexis Bakos. “Understanding and Addressing Health Disparities and Health Needs of Justice-Involved Populations.” Public Health Reports 134, no. 1_suppl: 3S-7S. doi:10.1177/0033354918813089 .
May 2019

Fenelon A, Chinn JJ, Anderson RN. A Comprehensive Analysis of the Mortality Experience of Hispanic Subgroups in the United States: Variation by Age, Country of Origin, and Nativity. 
December 2017

Samuel Wu PharmD, Alexis Bakos, PhD, MPH, RN. The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander National Health Interview Survey: Data Collection in Small Populations 
September 2017

Chinn JJ, Hummer RA. Racial Disparities in Functional Limitations Among Hispanic Women in the United States.
April 2016

En español: Data Brief: Características Demográficas y Coportamiento en Materia de Salud de un Grupo Diverso de Varones Adultos (de 18 a 64 Años) Hispanos o Latinos en Estados Unidos
May 29, 2015 [PDF| 393kb]