Health Disparities

First Opinion By Marynia Kolak

Adding social determinants gives public health maps a sense of place and time

First Opinion By Donna Christensen, LaVarne A. Burton, and Gary A. Puckrein

Dialysis clinics should be able to vaccinate their patients on site

First Opinion By Chandra Bozelko

Prisons are long-term care facilities. So why don’t inmates get priority for Covid-19 vaccination?

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

The uncounted: People who are homeless are invisible victims of Covid-19

Health By Alissa Ambrose

STAT+ Conversations: An on-the-ground look at racial disparities in Covid vaccine distribution

First Opinion By Paul Adamson

Vaccine equity: If we build it, will they come?

Health By Erin Brodwin and Nicholas St. Fleur

FDA issues alert on ‘limitations’ of pulse oximeters, without explicit mention of racial bias

Health By Nicholas St. Fleur

‘A massive gap in information’: Most vaccine clinical trials fail to report data on participants’ ethnicity or race

First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett

Listen: Lauren Powell on the intersection of Covid-19 and racism

Biotech By Elizabeth Cooney

Novartis and the Gates Foundation aim to create a more practical gene therapy for sickle cell patients around the world

A STAT Investigation By Casey Ross

Could AI tools for breast cancer worsen disparities? Patchy public data in FDA filings fuel concern

First Opinion By Daniel E. Dawes and Brian C. Castrucci

Back to ‘normal’ isn’t good enough

Health By Erin Brodwin and Nicholas St. Fleur

‘These numbers are incredibly important’: Doctors and lawmakers call on FDA to address racial disparities in pulse oximeters

First Opinion By Margarita Alegría

Youths of color are our future. Investing in their mental health must be taken seriously

First Opinion By Michelle A. Williams

Public health is being undermined. These 10 actions can restore it

Health By Nicholas St. Fleur

STAT+ Conversations: A conversation on racial health disparities, Covid-19, and vaccine distribution

Health By Amy Sokolow

A Baltimore pastor, preaching about vaccines to the Black community, emphasizes personal agency

Health By Rebecca Sohn

Large majority of doctors hold misconceptions about people with disabilities, survey finds

First Opinion By Harald Schmidt

Disadvantage indices can help achieve equitable vaccine allocation

Health Tech By Erin Brodwin

‘This is the foundation’: Health tech leaders discuss access, inequity, and community at CES

First Opinion By Gary Shapiro

Using technology to help heal health care disparities

Politics By Lev Facher

Biden’s appointment of a health disparities adviser is historic. But will the White House empower her?

First Opinion By Julian L. Watkins

To get the Covid-19 vaccine right, we must close the confidence gap and stop pathologizing communities of color

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