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Health Usha Lee McFarling

Brains of Black Americans age faster, study finds, with racial stressors a likely factor

First Opinion Poul Høilund-Carlsen, Abass Alavi and Jorge R. Barrio

Better access to amyloid-PET scans won’t reduce racial inequities in Alzheimer’s disease

Health Usha Lee McFarling

On the Texas-Mexico border, a bold plan to diversify Alzheimer’s research takes shape

Health Usha Lee McFarling

‘A poster child’ for diversity in science: Black engineers work to fix long-ignored bias in oxygen readings

Heavyweights Angus Chen

The trust-builder: a cancer center director’s try-it-all strategy for breaking the barriers between research and Black patients

First Opinion Nicholas Kenny, Keri McDonough and Stephen Keith

6 ways to bolster FDA’s guidance for diversifying participation in clinical trials

Health Usha Lee McFarling

There aren’t nearly enough Native American physicians. A crash course in medicine seeks to change that

Color Code Nicholas St. Fleur

Listen: Vertus Hardiman and the medical tragedies that must not be forgotten

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Health Ambar Castillo

Ballerina, firefighter, hygienist? Why dentistry needs to start its pipeline with young kids

Health Ambar Castillo

STAT Plus: ‘All the tech in the world doesn’t solve this’: Rare disease experts push biopharma on equity

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Health Justin Chen

STAT Plus: Nectar bats are ‘wonderful, majestic’ and sugar-obsessed. This researcher wants to know how they stay healthy

Health Care Brittany Trang

Why doesn’t the U.S. have more Black doctors?

Health Usha Lee McFarling

En la frontera entre Texas y México, nace un audaz plan para diversificar la investigación sobre el Alzheimer

First Opinion Podcast Patrick Skerrett

Listen: Wheelchair users and Medicare disagree on what’s ‘primarily medical in nature’

Health Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

A team of Oxford and Mexican researchers want to diversify genomic databases. Can they end ‘parachute science,’ too?

Health Akila Muthukumar

From low pay to workplace culture, obstacles litter the path to diversity in EMS

First Opinion David Reese and Kári Stefánsson

A better understanding of human diversity is needed to equitably advance precision medicine

First Opinion Quita Highsmith

I learned up close and personal about the necessity of improving diversity in clinical trials

A STAT Investigation Usha Lee McFarling

What will it take to level the playing field for Black residents?

A STAT Investigation Usha Lee McFarling

‘It was stolen from me’: Black doctors are forced out of training programs at far higher rates than white residents

Color Code Nicholas St. Fleur

Listen: Diverse clinical trials: Why aren’t we there yet?

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Mistreatment in medical school leads students to leave, with students of color faring the worst

Health Tech Isabella Cueto

STAT Plus: Amazon accessibility researcher says inclusion of people with disabilities is ‘lacking’ in health tech

Health Usha Lee McFarling

STAT Plus: National Academies report cites ‘urgent’ need to recruit more diverse participants for clinical trials

Health Allison DeAngelis

Incoming JAMA editor says the journal’s issues handling race are ‘not unique to JAMA’

First Opinion Fiona Hathorn

‘Boards for All?’ Global health organizations and companies aren’t even close

Health Usha Lee McFarling

After accusations of structural racism at JAMA, a Black health-equity advocate is named the journal’s editor

Health Isabella Cueto

‘We don’t have a say’: Siobhan Wescott wants to elevate the voices of Native Americans in public health

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Even as medicine becomes more diverse, main authors in elite journals remain mostly white and male

Heavyweights Isabella Cueto

Denizens of ‘The Cave’ became changemakers and leaders. Here are some of its notable alumni

Heavyweights Isabella Cueto

‘Where the bats hung out’: How a basement hideaway at UC Berkeley nurtured a generation of blind innovators

First Opinion Shenelle Wilson

Gaslighting of Black medical trainees makes residency something to ‘survive’

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: FDA effort to improve clinical trial diversity failed to make a difference for Black patients, study finds