Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) recently announced that sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) have been formally designated as a health disparity population for NIH research. As defined in the message from Dr. Pérez-Stable, "the term SGM encompasses lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations, as well as those whose sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, or reproductive development varies from traditional, societal, cultural, or physiological norms."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new study on lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth. The study, “Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9-12—United States and Selected Sites, 2015,” was published in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Visit the CDC Web site to learn more about this national study and the 2015 YRBS results.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced their March session of the CDC Public Health Grand Rounds, “Addressing Health Disparities in Early Childhood.” This session will be available via live webcast from CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, March 15 at 1 p.m. (EDT).