Health Equity
Health Equity
Promoting Fair Access to Health
COVID-19, Health Equity, and Vaccine Equity
Learn what CDC is doing to advance health and vaccine equity for racial and ethnic minority groups.
What Is Health Equity?
Health equity is when everyone has the opportunity to be as healthy as possible.
CDC’s COVID-19 Health Equity Strategy: English [86 KB, 5 pages] | Spanish [90 KB, 5 pages] | Chinese [173 KB, 5 pages] | Korean [129 KB, 5 pages] | Vietnamese [85 KB, 5 pages]
Information for Specific Groups
CDC Health Equity News & Science
- January 6, 2023: Racial and Ethnic Differences in COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Children and Adolescents Aged 5–17 Years and Parental Intent to Vaccinate Their Children — National Immunization Survey–Child COVID Module, United States, December 2020–September 2022
- October 28, 2022: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Outpatient Treatment of COVID-19 ― United States, January–July 2022
- August 19, 2022: COVID-19 Outbreaks and Mortality Among Public Transportation Workers — California, January 2020–May 2022
- June 21, 2022: Dispensing of Oral Antiviral Drugs for Treatment of COVID-19 by Zip Code–Level Social Vulnerability — United States, December 23, 2021–May 21, 2022
- June 17, 2022: COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Among Medicare Beneficiaries With and Without Disabilities — United States, January 1, 2020–November 20, 2021
View more publications on CDC’s MMWR COVID-19 Reports page
Health Equity Webinar
COVID-19 Vaccines
Protect yourself and your community by getting your COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccines are free and available to all people living in the U.S., regardless of immigration or health insurance status.
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