Health Disparities

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

STAT Plus: STAT Health News: Abortion ‘companion networks,’ NEJM’s racist past, and other stories you need to read

Health Usha Lee McFarling

New England Journal of Medicine reckons with its racist past and complicity in slavery

Morning Rounds Elizabeth Cooney

STAT Plus: Morning Rounds: Couples share high blood pressure, and other health stories you should read today

Morning Rounds Annalisa Merelli

STAT Plus: STAT Morning Rounds: The health news you need to read today

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Life-extending epilepsy surgery performed less often in Black children, study finds

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Invisible in the data: Broad ‘Asian American’ category obscures health disparities

Health Associated Press

Progress in childhood cancer has stalled for Blacks and Hispanics, report says

Health tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: NYU researchers tackle the challenge of making MRI machines less expensive

Business Annalisa Merelli

STAT Plus: What Amazon Prime’s new One Medical offering reveals about the future of health care

Health Care Anika Nayak

How pharmacy deserts are putting the health of Black and Latino Americans at risk

Health Anika Nayak

Health disparities drive everything from school absenteeism to loneliness, say experts

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Pulse oximeters’ inaccuracies in darker-skinned people require urgent action, AGs tell FDA

Health Usha Lee McFarling

La ‘paradoja hispana’ intriga a una nueva generación de investigadores decididos a resolverla

Health Theresa Gaffney

Extreme heat could lead to 233% increase in U.S. excess cardiovascular deaths, study says

Health Angus Chen

Cancer disparities persisted even among clinical trial participants, study finds

Health Anika Nayak

What will it take to end the crisis of Black deaths in the U.S.?

Health Deborah Balthazar

How an ER doctor in Chicago is tackling trauma from gun violence

Health Allessandra DiCorato

Older adults are vulnerable in a warming climate. Better buildings could help protect them

Health Associated Press

Breast cancer is deadlier for Black women. A study of mammograms could help close the gap

Health Anika Nayak

Chronic kidney disease raises risk of sudden cardiac arrest among Hispanics and Latinos

Health Elaine Chen

Stroke deaths, despite advances in prevention, are set to near 10 million globally by 2050