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The American Indian and Alaska Native populations suffer from some of the largest health disparities in the nation, experiencing a five-year shorter lifespan compared to general U.S. population, in part due to the lack of physician-leaders committed to improving their health. 

The Aetna Foundation’s support of the Four Directions Summer Research Program at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital is helping Native American college students committed to change...

The statistics for infant mortality reveal the distressing reality of health disparities among racial and ethnic populations in the United States. African-American women are twice as likely as white women to give birth prematurely. African-American infants are twice as likely as white infants to die in their first year.

With support from the Aetna Foundation, the March of Dimes is working on a project to help African-American women have healthier pregnancies and give birth to full-...