racism

Health By Katie Palmer

Changing the equation: Researchers remove race from a calculator for childbirth

Special Report By Olivia Goldhill

Shuttered hospitals, soaring Covid-19 deaths: Rural Black communities lose a lifeline in the century’s worst health crisis

First Opinion By Minali Nigam

Doctors should talk about race and racism with their patients. Here’s how

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

Acknowledging its ‘white patriarchy’ and racist past, the AMA pledges to dismantle causes of health inequities

Health By Nicholas St. Fleur

A doctor trained nurse practitioners to do colonoscopies. Critics say his research exploited Black patients

First Opinion By Wari Allison

Academic medical centers need to go beyond statements condemning racism

Health By Nicholas St. Fleur

In Q&A, Vice President Harris calls for urgent action on the Black maternal health crisis 

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

When a cardiologist flagged the lack of diversity at premier medical journals, the silence was telling

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 Michelle Lee

How a rally after the Atlanta shootings helped heal Asian American health care workers

First Opinion By Jesper Ke, Kate E. Lee, and Hueyjong Shih

In light of anti-Asian attacks, medicine needs to listen to Asian American trainees

First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett

Listen: Uché Blackstock on diversity in medicine, rejecting Harvard, and a ‘life-altering’ decision

Off the Charts By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

Meghan Markle described racism as a toxic stressor during her pregnancy. I can relate

Health By Theresa Gaffney

After allegations of racism and sexism, some applicants remove Tulane from residency rankings

Health By Andrew Joseph

Doctors, researchers push academia’s ivory tower to start rewarding diversity work in promotion decisions 

First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett

Listen: Lauren Powell on the intersection of Covid-19 and racism

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

Back to ‘normal’ isn’t good enough

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

Health By Nicholas St. Fleur

Leading genetics experts call for more racial representation in their industry

Pharma By Nicholas St. Fleur

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

First Opinion By Chase T.M. Anderson

I’m a Black psychiatrist. I’m never prepared for the emptiness and grief I feel when police shoot a Black person

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 Nicholas St. Fleur

Two Black university leaders urged their campuses to join a Covid-19 vaccine trial. The backlash was swift

Health By Gabrielle Glaser

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