Health Disparities

Special Report By Nicholas St. Fleur

Chadwick Boseman’s tragedy is America’s tragedy: In colorectal cancer hot spots, young men are dying at higher rates

Health Tech By Casey Ross

‘Nobody is catching it’: Algorithms used in health care nationwide are rife with bias

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 

First Opinion By Michael Carney

Make it easier for employers to help get America vaccinated

Off the Charts By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

‘Who is going to protect me?’: Ratings app aims to remove bias from the birthing experiences of Black and brown mothers

First Opinion By Alvin E. Roth and Greg Segal

Reforming and improving organ transplant systems will save lives, taxpayer dollars

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 Alissa Ambrose

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

First Opinion By Ruth R. Faden and Ruth A. Karron

Using the new Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine to create equity and trust

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 Paul Adamson

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