Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you've ever filled out a Census form, a college application or a patient questionnaire at the doctor's office, you've probably ...

When Americans were asked to describe their race and ethnicity in their own words, most provided answers that correspond to standard Census Bureau categories. And when they answered questions about ...

Ethnicity is defined as a group of people who identify with each other based on common ancestral, social, cultural, or national experiences. Identity, however, is complex, comprised of how we see ...

Ethnicity often plays a prominent role in debates at every level of Dutch society. But what exactly is ethnicity, and is it as set in stone as we believe? Research conducted by Radboud University's ...

An analysis of 288 studies in four high-impact breast surgery journals found race and ethnicity reporting rose significantly ...

The previous chapter defined race, ethnicity, and biomedical research and concluded by discussing the complexity of their intersection. Building on those conceptual foundations, this chapter begins ...

The Office of Management and Budget on Thursday announced changes to how the federal government asks about people’s race and ethnicity, including in the US census. Under the new standards, scheduled ...

The Biden administration is overhauling how the federal government defines and counts race and ethnicity, the first change in a generation and a reflection of the nation’s growing diversity. The ...

During the first year of the pandemic, Black people accounted for a disproportionate 15 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the United States. That number is bleak, but it's also probably incomplete: it ...

Genetic ancestry is much more complicated than how people report their race and ethnicity. New research, using data from the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) "All of Us" Research Program, finds ...

This chapter provides the committee’s recommendations for improving the use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research. The chapter begins by outlining conceptual foundations that delineate harmful ...