Welcome to the online home of the Minority Health Institute (est. 1988); thank you for visiting!
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We are proud to announce the upcoming Seventh Annual Minority Health Summit, a timely and critical gathering focused on addressing health disparities impacting communities of color.
Date: Saturday, June 21, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific
Location: LA County Behavioral Health Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital Campus
Come and see our eleven-minute recap summary of the Imhotep Awards Gala!
Our founder, Dr. Williams, has been honored to join the LA Hall of Fame,
and be honored with a room named after him at The Heart House in Washington, DC.
Check out this Important Video on Health Equity and Healthcare Disparities: A Dialogue Between Dr. Henry Louis Gates and Dr. David Williams at Harvard.
Without congressional action this year, laboratories across the country will face tough decisions potentially reducing services offered to patients and curbing investments in diagnostic innovation. Tell Congress to #StopLabCuts and enact #SALSA now: https://stoplabcuts.org/.
THIS IS FAR FROM THE ONLY ISSUE ENDANGERING OUR COLLECTIVE HEALTH IN THESE TIMES.
Keep Hope Alive:
Please, please keep apprised of the many issues affecting the health of all populations (and our minorities in particular) and contact your senators and representatives so that they know what is important to those they’re sworn to serve!!
It’s no longer enough to only talk COVID! Make sure you and
everyone you know is vaccinated against everything possible.
DON’T BE FOOLED: Vaccines are safe and effective!
Check out the video of the Covid-19 Town Hall meeting here,
and get every recommended booster shot.
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Still got vaccine doubts?? Read the study:
COVID-19 vaccines and sudden deaths: Separating fact from fiction,
AND REMEMBER WHO Robert F. Kennedy ACTUALLY IS.
News & Updates
You can get more information and order Dr. Williams’ groundbreaking book,
Blacks in Medicine, by clicking here!
Check out the other resources too and please come visit again soon