But when physicians don’t speak the same language as their patients, communication challenges can worsen the situation.

Like many of the young people in her Indigenous Anishinaabe community in the upper peninsula of Michigan, Danielle Boyer grew up speaking only a little of her people’s native language, ...

Canadian patients who receive most of their healthcare from physicians who speak the same language have better quality and safety outcomes, according to a new report. When older allophone patients ...

Beyond interpreters, bilingual or nurses that speak the same language as patients can foster better health outcomes.

She grabbed her phone and opened the language learning app right away. I smiled and did the same. We scootched our chairs together and each completed a lesson to meet our daily minimum requirement.

Most Latinos say no – but at the same time, they think it is important that future generations of Hispanics do speak the language.