Health Disparities

Health Usha Lee McFarling

In military medicine, study shows rank and race affect care

Health Deborah Balthazar

Genetic variant common among West African descendants contributes to large cardiovascular disease burden

Health Theresa Gaffney

Equity, technology, and costs top of mind for life science’s leaders

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Health disparities and premature deaths run deep, even in best-performing states

First Opinion Edward Abrahams and Christopher J. Wells

Personalized medicine: We’re not there yet

Health tech Timmy Broderick

STAT Plus: Why very few people who are eligible for a cochlear implant actually get one

Health Deborah Balthazar

Disparities in donor acceptance rates point to need for more equitable heart transplant care

In the Lab Andrew Joseph

STAT Plus: A scientific mystery highlights the blind spots in genomics databases

Health tech Andrew Joseph

STAT Plus: U.K. researchers warn about biases in medical devices, health care algorithms

In the Lab Megan Molteni

‘All of Us’ reports half of the genomes it has sequenced are from non-Europeans

Health tech Mario Aguilar

STAT Plus: Digital tools helped lower blood pressure in marginalized patient groups

First Opinion Regina Benjamin and Jerome Adams

Former U.S. surgeons general: The U.S. should ban menthol cigarettes

Health Elizabeth Cooney

With cancer expected to surge 77% worldwide by 2050, an oncologist weighs in on global disparities

Health Usha Lee McFarling

FDA urged to move faster to fix pulse oximeters for darker-skinned patients

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

Clues from mice could help explain why women face a higher risk of autoimmune disorders

First Opinion Uché Blackstock

The emergency room is where the United States’ social problems come home to roost

Health Theresa Gaffney

A call to add sexual orientation and gender identity data to electronic health records

Health Elizabeth Cooney

STAT Plus: A Harvard course seeks to put food on the table in medical education

Health Grace Rubenstein

Amid a dire nationwide therapist shortage, could lay counselors help close the gap?

Health Usha Lee McFarling

As she drives research on structural racism in health care, Rachel Hardeman faces a painful reckoning

First Opinion Lynne Moronski

How to ensure the NIH’s decision to recognize people with disabilities as a health disparity population makes a difference

Special Report Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: Texas taxpayers wanted to help the poor get health care. Instead, they’re funding a medical school at a wealthy university

Morning Rounds Elizabeth Cooney

Morning Rounds: Our newsroom’s favorite stories of 2023

Pharma John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Drugs are still mostly tested in white men. Will the FDA change that next year?

Morning Rounds Elizabeth Cooney

Morning Rounds: Americans put faith in nurses as overall confidence in health care ebbs

Morning Rounds Elizabeth Cooney

Morning Rounds: Teen pregnancies down, but remain higher in the U.S. 

Morning Rounds Elizabeth Cooney

Morning Rounds: For kids with high BMI, task force not ready to recommend weight loss drugs

Morning Rounds Elizabeth Cooney

STAT Plus: Morning Rounds: 3D-printed organs, antimicrobial resistance in Ukraine, and other major health stories of the day

Morning Rounds Elizabeth Cooney

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