Health By Amy Sokolow With science and scripture, a Baltimore pastor is fighting Covid-19 vaccine skepticism
Health By Usha Lee McFarling Millions of Americans carry the sickle cell trait, many without knowing it. Could they be at risk for severe Covid-19?
On the Front Lines By Eric Boodman In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic
A STAT Investigation By Casey Ross From a small town in North Carolina to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care
First Opinion By Gavin Yamey A coronavirus vaccine should be for everyone, not just those who can afford it
Health By Usha Lee McFarling ‘Which death do they choose?’: Many Black men fear wearing a mask more than the coronavirus
First Opinion By Warren A. Whyte Racial disparities in Covid-19 are bad. They’re even worse in cancer
Health By Elizabeth Cooney New cancer patients — especially Black people — are more susceptible to severe Covid-19 infections
Health By Olivia Goldhill and Nicholas St. Fleur ‘There absolutely will be a black market’: How the rich and privileged can skip the line for Covid-19 vaccines
First Opinion By Oliver T. Brooks and LaVarne A. Burton Better collection, reporting of race and ethnicity data are essential for fighting Covid-19
First Opinion By Laurie Zephyrin and Roosa Tikkanen The shameful abundance of birth- and pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S.
Pharma By Nicholas St. Fleur Pharma trade group issues guidelines for improving diversity of clinical trial participants
Health By Nicholas St. Fleur Health experts want to prioritize people of color for a Covid-19 vaccine. But how should it be done?
Health By Priyanka Runwal After a breast cancer diagnosis, many Black women face barriers that delay their care
Health Tech By Erin Brodwin Remote monitoring tools are increasingly popular. Here’s what stands in the way of their broader adoption
Health By Nicholas St. Fleur Colorectal cancer screening should start five years earlier — at 45 — expert panel says
First Opinion By Parsa Erfani, Caroline Lee, and Nishant Uppal Why isn’t routine Covid-19 testing happening in prisons and immigrant detention centers?
Health By Usha Lee McFarling For Black women, the isolation of infertility is compounded by barriers to treatment
Health By Eric Boodman He’s a recruiter for a Covid-19 vaccine trial. Can he overcome communities’ distrust — and his own mother’s?
Health By Casey Ross and Priyanka Runwal ‘Covid is all about privilege’: Trump’s treatment underscores vast inequalities in access to care
Health By Gabrielle Glaser Inequality ‘surrounds you’: A Black doctor returns to hard-hit Louisiana after treating and contracting Covid-19 in New York
Health By Pratibha Gopalakrishna New research shows older adults are still often excluded from clinical trials
First Opinion By Panagis Galiatsatos and Erica Johnson Medicine for the Greater Good: one hospital’s way of supporting its nearby communities of color
Health By Usha Lee McFarling ‘They are really afraid’: Fears about Covid-19 are complicating care for patients with sickle cell
First Opinion By Adam W. Gaffney, Steffie Woolhandler, and David U. Himmelstein Are lung function algorithms perpetuating health disparities experienced by Black people?
Health Tech By Pratibha Gopalakrishna How Lyft’s growing medical business is trying to close gaps in health care access
Health By Elizabeth Cooney Immigration status, housing, and food-service work explain Covid-19’s burden on Latinos
First Opinion By Megan R. Mahoney It’s time to stop using skin color and race in medicine and see patients for who they really are
The Readout LOUD By Adam Feuerstein, Damian Garde, and Rebecca Robbins Covid-19 clinical trials are failing to enroll diverse populations, despite awareness efforts
Health By Casey Ross Study finds racial bias in the government’s formula for distributing Covid-19 aid to hospitals