Health Disparities

Health By Carla K. Johnson — Associated Press

Study uncovers clues to rise in uterine cancer death rates

First Opinion By Michael Darrouzet, Jennifer Hanscom and Chip Baggett

CMS needs to include measures for social drivers of health

First Opinion By Yashoda Sharma and Chris Lunt

Wearable device data need to represent all of us

First Opinion By Richard N. Formica

Access to kidney transplantation is improving for everyone, but more work remains to be done

First Opinion By David M. Kent, Keren Ladin and O. Kenrik Duru

Equal treatment for equal risk: Should race be included in allocation algorithms for Covid-19 therapies?

First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett

Listen: Tom Sequist on mirrored Covid tragedies — 2,000 miles apart

First Opinion By David Introcaso

HHS’s failure to address the health harms of the climate crisis constitutes environmental and institutional racism

First Opinion By Tom Sequist

Unexpectedly united: The parallel plights of two communities 2,000 miles apart wracked by the pandemic

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

She was told ‘girls don’t do that.’ Now Margaret-Mary Wilson is a top executive at UnitedHealth Group

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Cutting-edge gene therapies could be coming for sickle cell. Will Medicaid patients be able to access them?

Health By Nicholas Florko

Prisons skimp on Covid treatments like Paxlovid, even as Biden plans to flood pharmacies with it

First Opinion By Rhoda Au

Improving diversity in Alzheimer’s research can help update the ‘gold standard’ for all medical research

The Readout LOUD By Damian Garde, Meg Tirrell and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: Medical racism, new Covid vaccines, & the resilience of Regeneron

Special Report By Usha Lee McFarling

The nation hasn’t made much progress on health equity. These leaders forged ahead anyway

First Opinion By Rev. Alvin C. Hathaway Sr.

A preacher’s new calling: Connecting neuroscience researchers as a way to advance social justice

First Opinion By Caroline Behr and Michael L. Barnett

High-risk individuals should get priority access to Covid therapies. That isn’t happening

First Opinion By Lawrence O. Gostin and David Beier

Race alone should not be used to allocate scarce Covid-19 treatments

Health By Nicholas Florko

Despite Biden’s big promises and a far better understanding of the virus, Covid-19 is still raging through the nation’s prisons

First Opinion By Vincent Casingal

Maximizing kidney transplant equity means minimizing geography

First Opinion By Sean Cahill

Public health is missing crucial data on LGBTQIA+ people. It’s not hard to collect

First Opinion By Lisa I. Iezzoni

Many doctors are still befuddled by accommodating people with disability

First Opinion By David Ansell and Vinoo Dissanayake

AMA’s new language guide is a step toward health equity

First Opinion By Fatima Cody Stanford and Kelly Copes-Anderson

Recognizing obesity as a disease, not a choice, is a step toward health equity

A STAT Investigation By Hyacinth Empinado and Usha Lee McFarling

Watch: A rebel with a cause: As a mentor and a leader, this Black orthopedic surgeon fights to diversify his field

A STAT Investigation By Usha Lee McFarling

Orthopedic surgeons pride themselves on fixing things. Can they fix their own field’s lack of diversity?