Health Disparities

First Opinion By Maggie Salinger

Medicine needs to see what disability means, looks like, and feels like — in its ranks and in its patients

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

When Covid first hit, prostate cancer surgeries fell much more for Black men than white men

Health By Claudia López Lloreda

In the same health system, Black patients are prescribed fewer opioids than white patients

First Opinion By Ted W. Love

Sickle cell disease and a pivotal moment to end health inequality

First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett

Listen: An OB-GYN on the maternal mortality crisis in the U.S.

First Opinion By David Lenihan

The Covid-19 relief bill created 1,000 more residency slots for new doctors. Wealthy hospitals should be last in line to get them

First Opinion By Vikram Bakhru

Health care is a human right in times of crisis. Why not every day?

Special Report By Nicholas St. Fleur and Hyacinth Empinado

Watch: An unusual 30th birthday gift: Why I got a colonoscopy so young — and documented every step

Hospitals By Claudia López Lloreda

Children in rural areas face increasing barriers to pediatric care, study finds

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

NIH releases a plan to confront structural racism. Critics say it’s not enough

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

A landmark Alzheimer’s drug approval would likely deepen racial inequities in dementia care

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

‘We shouldn’t leave anybody behind’: Inequities in cancer genomics undercut promise of precision medicine

Health Tech By Katie Palmer

A new tool tracks health disparities in the U.S. — and highlights major data gaps

Special Report By Olivia Goldhill

Shuttered hospitals, soaring Covid-19 deaths: Rural Black communities lose a lifeline in the century’s worst health crisis

Health By Nicholas St. Fleur

STAT+ Conversations: A discussion on health disparities in colorectal cancer with Dr. Fola May

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

Acknowledging its ‘white patriarchy’ and racist past, the AMA pledges to dismantle causes of health inequities

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

Researchers fear people of color may be disproportionately affected by long Covid

First Opinion By Joy Cooper

My work as a Black OB-GYN tempered my joy as I prepared to give birth

First Opinion By Judith Chevalier and Jason L. Schwartz

Dollar stores: gateways to equitable Covid-19 vaccine distribution

Health By Nicholas St. Fleur

A doctor trained nurse practitioners to do colonoscopies. Critics say his research exploited Black patients

Health Tech By Erin Brodwin

Uber names a new head of its growing health business

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

After 40 years, medical schools are admitting fewer Black male or Native American students

First Opinion By Chelsea Clinton, Terry McGovern, and Micaela Martinez

End fracking exemptions, a threat to maternal and public health

First Opinion By Sachin D. Shah, Lolita Alkureishi, and Wei Wei Lee

Low-tech but high-value: Don’t stop reimbursing phone-only telehealth visits

Health By Nicholas St. Fleur

In Q&A, Vice President Harris calls for urgent action on the Black maternal health crisis