Health Disparities

Health Care Ambar Castillo

The case for universal oral health coverage, according to a new WHO report

Health Care Brittany Trang

Why doesn’t the U.S. have more Black doctors?

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Brains of Black Americans age faster, study finds, with racial stressors a likely factor

First Opinion Poul Høilund-Carlsen, Abass Alavi and Jorge R. Barrio

Better access to amyloid-PET scans won’t reduce racial inequities in Alzheimer’s disease

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Cuando el cuidado es un asunto familiar, el Alzheimer supone una pesada carga para los hijos y los cónyuges

Health Usha Lee McFarling

En la frontera entre Texas y México, nace un audaz plan para diversificar la investigación sobre el Alzheimer

First Opinion Linda Goler Blount

Better access to PET scans can help reduce racial inequities in Alzheimer’s disease

Health Andrew Joseph

Racial disparities in neonatal mortality even wider with tools like IVF, study finds

Health Ambar Castillo

In Fiona-ravaged Puerto Rico, hospitals were prioritized over health clinics for diesel, exacerbating rural health disparities

Health Tech Mohana Ravindranath

Health plans say texting could help reach underserved patients. But a federal rule is getting in their way

First Opinion Michelle A. Williams and Lawrence O. Gostin

Will there be a Supreme assault on public health?

Hospitals Tara Bannow and Kate Sheridan

Harassment prompts children’s hospitals to strip websites, threatening access to gender-affirming care

First Opinion George Dalembert, Atheendar Venkataramani and Eugenia C. South

How health systems can truly value Black lives: help close the racial wealth gap

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Where caregiving is a family affair, Alzheimer’s places a heavy burden on children and spouses

Health Usha Lee McFarling

On the Texas-Mexico border, a bold plan to diversify Alzheimer’s research takes shape

Health Isabella Cueto

Medicare is using one of its biggest hammers to try to fix the dialysis system: how providers are paid

Health Tech Ambar Castillo

These 3 startups are trying to improve diversity in clinical trials, a challenge experts say will take more than just tech

First Opinion Paul Amadeus Lane and Jim Meade

Medicare needs to update its wheelchair coverage for the 21st century

First Opinion Caroline Fichtenberg and Emilia De Marchis

Why do people turn down social risk assistance offered by their doctors’ offices?

First Opinion Bonnielin Swenor and JR Rizzo

Open access to research can close gaps for people with disabilities

First Opinion Alexander Chaitoff, Khin-Kyemon Aung and Alexander Zheutlin

Amazon and One Medical: Minding the data gaps

Special Report Usha Lee McFarling

‘So much more to do’: A hospital system’s campaign to confront racism — and resistance to change — makes early strides

Health Usha Lee McFarling

‘A poster child’ for diversity in science: Black engineers work to fix long-ignored bias in oxygen readings

Health Lev Facher

Biden administration has simple way to cut overdose deaths, experts say: expand methadone access

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The case for universal oral health coverage, according to a new WHO report

Why doesn’t the U.S. have more Black doctors?

Brains of Black Americans age faster, study finds, with racial stressors a likely factor

Better access to amyloid-PET scans won’t reduce racial inequities in Alzheimer’s disease

Cuando el cuidado es un asunto familiar, el Alzheimer supone una pesada carga para los hijos y los cónyuges

En la frontera entre Texas y México, nace un audaz plan para diversificar la investigación sobre el Alzheimer

Better access to PET scans can help reduce racial inequities in Alzheimer’s disease

Racial disparities in neonatal mortality even wider with tools like IVF, study finds

In Fiona-ravaged Puerto Rico, hospitals were prioritized over health clinics for diesel, exacerbating rural health disparities

Health plans say texting could help reach underserved patients. But a federal rule is getting in their way

Will there be a Supreme assault on public health?

Harassment prompts children’s hospitals to strip websites, threatening access to gender-affirming care

How health systems can truly value Black lives: help close the racial wealth gap

Where caregiving is a family affair, Alzheimer’s places a heavy burden on children and spouses

On the Texas-Mexico border, a bold plan to diversify Alzheimer’s research takes shape

Medicare is using one of its biggest hammers to try to fix the dialysis system: how providers are paid

These 3 startups are trying to improve diversity in clinical trials, a challenge experts say will take more than just tech

Medicare needs to update its wheelchair coverage for the 21st century

Why do people turn down social risk assistance offered by their doctors’ offices?

Open access to research can close gaps for people with disabilities

Amazon and One Medical: Minding the data gaps

‘So much more to do’: A hospital system’s campaign to confront racism — and resistance to change — makes early strides

‘A poster child’ for diversity in science: Black engineers work to fix long-ignored bias in oxygen readings

Biden administration has simple way to cut overdose deaths, experts say: expand methadone access

A team of Oxford and Mexican researchers want to diversify genomic databases. Can they end ‘parachute science,’ too?

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