Health By Isabella Cueto Black children have more complications during appendectomies and incur higher costs, study shows
Health By Helen Branswell A conversation with Bill Gates on how public health has fared in the midst of the pandemic
First Opinion By Jennifer S. Bard and Chloe Reichel Covid-19 booster shot distribution must learn from vaccine roll-out mistakes
First Opinion By Gaige Kerr and Susan Anenberg The pandemic made clear who doesn’t get to breathe clean air. Now what?
First Opinion By Clare Grace To ensure equity and accuracy, clinical research must reflect the diversity of patients
First Opinion By Utibe R. Essien Pharmacoequity: a new goal for ending disparities in U.S. health care
First Opinion By Maggie Salinger Medicine needs to see what disability means, looks like, and feels like — in its ranks and in its patients
Health By Elizabeth Cooney When Covid first hit, prostate cancer surgeries fell much more for Black men than white men
Health By Claudia López Lloreda In the same health system, Black patients are prescribed fewer opioids than white patients
First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett Listen: An OB-GYN on the maternal mortality crisis in the U.S.
First Opinion By Alissa Erogbogbo Managed care’s role in protecting women from childbirth-related complications
First Opinion By Tanika Gray Valbrun Uterine fibroids affect millions of women. Why has this condition been overlooked for decades?
First Opinion By David Lenihan The Covid-19 relief bill created 1,000 more residency slots for new doctors. Wealthy hospitals should be last in line to get them
Special Report By Nicholas St. Fleur and Hyacinth Empinado Watch: An unusual 30th birthday gift: Why I got a colonoscopy so young — and documented every step
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
