Health Disparities

Exclusive By Olivia Goldhill

Covid-19 vaccination rates follow the money in states with the biggest wealth gaps, analysis shows

First Opinion By Daniel E. Dawes and Brian C. Castrucci

Back to ‘normal’ isn’t good enough

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

First Opinion By Harald Schmidt

Disadvantage indices can help achieve equitable vaccine allocation

Health By Eric Boodman

With painstaking effort, Black doctors’ group takes aim at Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy

Health Tech By Erin Brodwin

‘This is the foundation’: Health tech leaders discuss access, inequity, and community at CES

First Opinion By Gary Shapiro

Using technology to help heal health care disparities

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

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

First Opinion By Oliver T. Brooks and LaVarne A. Burton

Better collection, reporting of race and ethnicity data are essential for fighting Covid-19

First Opinion By Laurie Zephyrin and Roosa Tikkanen

The shameful abundance of birth- and pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S.

Pharma By Nicholas St. Fleur

Pharma trade group issues guidelines for improving diversity of clinical trial participants

Health By Nicholas St. Fleur

Health experts want to prioritize people of color for a Covid-19 vaccine. But how should it be done?

Health By Priyanka Runwal

After a breast cancer diagnosis, many Black women face barriers that delay their care

Health Tech By Erin Brodwin

Remote monitoring tools are increasingly popular. Here’s what stands in the way of their broader adoption

Health By Nicholas St. Fleur

Colorectal cancer screening should start five years earlier — at 45 — expert panel says

First Opinion By Parsa Erfani, Caroline Lee, and Nishant Uppal

Why isn’t routine Covid-19 testing happening in prisons and immigrant detention centers?

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

For Black women, the isolation of infertility is compounded by barriers to treatment

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