by Allison Cerra

WASHINGTON (Jun. 9) Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a new report Tuesday on health disparities in America.

“Health Disparities: A Case for Closing the Gap” features such facts as:

• Forty-eight percent of all African-Americans adults suffer from a chronic disease, compared with 39% of the general population.
• Eight percent of white Americans develop diabetes while 15% of...