Special Report By Olivia Goldhill In Palm Beach, Covid-19 vaccines intended for rural Black communities are instead going to wealthy white Floridians
First Opinion By Ruth R. Faden and Ruth A. Karron Using the new Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine to create equity and trust
Health By Amy Sokolow With science and scripture, a Baltimore pastor is fighting Covid-19 vaccine skepticism
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
Exclusive By Olivia Goldhill Covid-19 vaccination rates follow the money in states with the biggest wealth gaps, analysis shows
Health By Rebecca Sohn U.S. life expectancy fell by a year in the first half of 2020, CDC report finds
Health By Eric Boodman With painstaking effort, Black doctors’ group takes aim at Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy
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
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
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
Health Tech By Erin Brodwin ‘This is the foundation’: Health tech leaders discuss access, inequity, and community at CES
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