Health Disparities

A STAT Investigation By Casey Ross

From a small town in North Carolina to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care

Health By Eric Boodman

He’s a recruiter for a Covid-19 vaccine trial. Can he overcome communities’ distrust — and his own mother’s?

Health By Casey Ross and Priyanka Runwal

‘Covid is all about privilege’: Trump’s treatment underscores vast inequalities in access to care

Health By Gabrielle Glaser

Inequality ‘surrounds you’: A Black doctor returns to hard-hit Louisiana after treating and contracting Covid-19 in New York

Health By Pratibha Gopalakrishna

New research shows older adults are still often excluded from clinical trials

First Opinion By Panagis Galiatsatos and Erica Johnson

Medicine for the Greater Good: one hospital’s way of supporting its nearby communities of color

First Opinion By Leslie Farrington

How the CDC and others are failing Black women during childbirth

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

‘They are really afraid’: Fears about Covid-19 are complicating care for patients with sickle cell

Health Tech By STAT staff

AI could help rid health care of biases. It also might make them worse

First Opinion By Adam W. Gaffney, Steffie Woolhandler, and David U. Himmelstein

Are lung function algorithms perpetuating health disparities experienced by Black people?

Health Tech By Pratibha Gopalakrishna

How Lyft’s growing medical business is trying to close gaps in health care access

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

Millions of Americans carry the sickle cell trait, many without knowing it. Could they be at risk for severe Covid-19?

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

Immigration status, housing, and food-service work explain Covid-19’s burden on Latinos

First Opinion By Megan R. Mahoney

It’s time to stop using skin color and race in medicine and see patients for who they really are

The Readout LOUD By Adam Feuerstein, Damian Garde, and Rebecca Robbins

Covid-19 clinical trials are failing to enroll diverse populations, despite awareness efforts

Health By Casey Ross

Study finds racial bias in the government’s formula for distributing Covid-19 aid to hospitals

Health Tech By Juliet Isselbacher

Telemedicine is booming — but many people still face huge barriers to virtual care

Health By Juliet Isselbacher

Nearly half of low-income communities have no ICU beds in their area

First Opinion By Michelle D. Holmes

Black lives depend on the U.S. dietary guidelines. Don’t water them down

First Opinion By Jocelyn Ashford

Clinical trials need to include more Black and other minority participants. Here’s how

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

Dermatology faces a reckoning: Lack of darker skin in textbooks and journals harms care for patients of color

First Opinion By Art Papier

To begin addressing racial bias in medicine, start with the skin

Health By Theresa Gaffney

Black children are more likely to die after surgery than white counterparts, new study finds

First Opinion By Jamar Slocum, Isabel Chen, and Natalie Kirilichin

Med students, physicians need social mission education now more than ever

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

In another Covid-19 disparity, Black and Hispanic Americans are dying at younger ages than white Americans

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