Exclusive By Olivia Goldhill Covid-19 vaccination rates follow the money in states with the biggest wealth gaps, analysis shows
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
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
A STAT Investigation By Casey Ross Could AI tools for breast cancer worsen disparities? Patchy public data in FDA filings fuel concern
Health By Amy Sokolow With science and scripture, a Baltimore pastor is fighting Covid-19 vaccine skepticism
Health By Eric Boodman With painstaking effort, Black doctors’ group takes aim at Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy
Health By Nicholas St. Fleur ‘A massive gap in information’: Most vaccine clinical trials fail to report data on participants’ ethnicity or race
Health By Rebecca Sohn U.S. life expectancy fell by a year in the first half of 2020, CDC report finds
First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett Listen: Lauren Powell on the intersection of Covid-19 and racism
Biotech By Elizabeth Cooney Novartis and the Gates Foundation aim to create a more practical gene therapy for sickle cell patients around the world
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
Health Tech By Erin Brodwin ‘This is the foundation’: Health tech leaders discuss access, inequity, and community at CES
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
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