Health Disparities

First Opinion By Diana M. Cejas

To thrive, Black and Latinx physicians need their communities

Health By Theresa Gaffney

The pandemic has exacerbated an under-the-radar health disparity: period poverty

Health Tech By Erin Brodwin

Tech giants are well-positioned to help close racial gaps in health. They have little to show for it

Hospitals By Sharon Begley

In a new hospital ranking, doing good counts nearly as much as doing well

Health By Crystal Milner

‘It just weighs on your psyche’: Black Americans on mental health, trauma, and resilience

On the Front Lines By Eric Boodman

In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic

First Opinion By Matthew Clair, Brian W. Clair, and Walter K. Clair

Unless it’s done carefully, the rise of telehealth could widen health disparities

First Opinion By Robert W. Carlson

Treatment barriers create racial disparities in cancer care. They need to come down

Politics By Lev Facher

As Covid-19 devastates communities of color, the government’s minority health experts are conspicuously quiet

Health By Sharon Begley

Racial bias skews algorithms widely used to guide care from heart surgery to birth, study finds

Health By Sharon Begley

To understand who’s dying of Covid-19, look to social factors like race more than preexisting diseases

Biotech By Kate Sheridan

One of biotech’s biggest conferences grapples with how to talk about race and identity

Health By Shraddha Chakradhar

Activists, artists, and public health academics collaborate to tackle racism’s impact on health

Health By Gabrielle Glaser

For Black youth, a time of upheaval takes a toll on mental health

Health By Rebecca Robbins

23andMe says it’s ‘part of the problem’ on racial inequity. We asked geneticists what the company can do about it

First Opinion By Parker Crutchfield, Tyler S. Gibb, and Michael Redinger

To allocate remdesivir fairly, give it to communities that bear a disproportionate burden of Covid-19

Health By Meghana Keshavan

‘The direct result of racism’: Covid-19 lays bare how discrimination drives health disparities among Black people

In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney

Females are still routinely left out of biomedical research — and ignored in analyses of data

First Opinion By Carrie Flynn and Chinye Ijeli

Beyond words: medical institutions must act to support Black lives

First Opinion By Chijioke Nze, Elorm F. Avakame, Olusola J. Ayankola, and Jamaji C. Nwanaji-Enwerem

Police brutality is our lane too, doctors say

First Opinion By David Malebranche

Racism: The contagion in health care we need to eradicate

First Opinion By Lauren Powell

My nightmare: Covid-19 meets racism meets the killing of a Black person by police

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

When hard data are ‘heartbreaking’: Testing blitz in San Francisco shows Covid-19 struck mostly low-wage workers

First Opinion By Sandeep Jauhar

When a Covid-19 vaccine becomes available, who should get it first?

First Opinion By Gabriel Felix

Wearing a face mask helps protect me against Covid-19, but not against racism

First Opinion By Morgan Medlock

Covid-19 will pass. Will we be able to say the same about the racism it has illuminated?

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

Fearing deportation, many immigrants at higher risk of Covid-19 are afraid to seek testing or care

First Opinion By Julia L. Marcus and Joshua Barocas

The coronavirus pandemic could transform our health care system — for the better

Health By Katie Johnston

For grocery store worker, a hard life filled with work and happiness, suddenly lost to Covid-19