Health Equity in Sports

May is Lupus Awareness Month. And if you are not familiar with lupus, that is partly the point. Lupus is one of the most common chronic autoimmune diseases in the world, and one of the least understood. It affects an estimated 1.5 million Americans, causes the immune system to attack the body's own healthy tissue, and can damage virtually every organ system from the kidneys to the heart to the brain. It has no known cure. Its symptoms: fatigue, joint pain, inflammation, and o