Diabetes in youth is set to skyrocket in coming decades
The number of young people in the U.S. with type 2 diabetes could surge by…
Category: health disparities
3 things to watch in chronic disease in 2023: obesity drugs, long Covid and health care costs
The very term “chronic disease” might imply that little changes — or improves — over…
Opinion: Specialized centers can help realign the U.S.’s moral compass for sickle cell disease
Even as the United States has made commitments to health as a human right and…
Diabetes treatments are improving. Racial disparities are wider than ever
Despite advancements in insulin treatments over the past three decades, disparities in outcomes have widened…
Amid dire maternal mortality rates, Congress falls short on Medicaid postpartum care
Last week, the state of Texas issued a long-awaited report that found at least 118…
‘One needs to feel safe’: Racism can put sleep — and its health benefits — out of reach
Lots of people struggle to get enough sleep — and the responsibility for fixing the…
Opinion: Lawmakers should act on the evidence and expand access to dental therapists
Northern Maine and southern California don’t seem to have a lot in common — until…
We finally have new drugs for sickle cell disease. Why are so few patients taking them?
At first, Lena Harvey didn’t realize anything had changed. She just started doing strange, unexpected…
No one’s quite sure how to fix pulse oximeters. The FDA asked this lab to find answers
SAN FRANCISCO — The discovery that fingertip oxygen-measuring devices might contribute to health disparities because…
Chief health equity officers are growing more common. But experts say companies need to empower them
A string of high-profile health companies like Teladoc and CVSHealth have hired their first chief…
Ballerina, firefighter, hygienist? Why dentistry needs to start its pipeline with young kids
Dentistry has a diversity problem, and medical and dental experts say the best way to…
STAT+: 5 ways health tech companies can make their products more equitable
Disparities along racial and socioeconomic lines have long persisted in health care. But it’s only…
‘All the tech in the world doesn’t solve this’: Rare disease experts push biopharma on equity
Over the past few years, the biopharmaceutical industry has revved up efforts to diversify clinical…
‘I question what I know’: Top cancer specialist Otis Brawley on valuing orthodoxy in medicine
Oncologist Otis Brawley has dedicated his career to advocating for orthodoxy in medicine. Now, he…
Before making unbiased pulse oximeters, researchers need a better way to measure skin tone
There’s a growing consensus among physicians and government regulators that pulse oximeters measure oxygen levels…
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‘Mass incarceration is one of the greatest health challenges of our time’: MacArthur ‘genius’ Emily Wang on building solutions
The U.S. has two separate health care systems: one for people who aren’t incarcerated, and…
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One-third of U.S. labs have stopped using race-based equations to diagnose kidney disease
Even as a child, La’Tonzia Adams was interested in diagnosing disease. One day, when she…
A simple screening question could help millions of women prevent cardiovascular disease. Why aren’t we using it?
Early one afternoon in 2000, Monique Shields, just a few weeks shy of her 30th…
The case for universal oral health coverage, according to a new WHO report
On Friday, oral health advocates across the globe got an early holiday gift from their…
Why doesn’t the U.S. have more Black doctors?
When LaShyra “Lash” Nolen was learning about how to recognize signs of Lyme disease in…
Brains of Black Americans age faster, study finds, with racial stressors a likely factor
The brains of Black adults in the U.S. age more quickly than those of white…
Opinion: Better access to amyloid-PET scans won’t reduce racial inequities in Alzheimer’s disease
At first glance, it might appear that better access to so-called amyloid-PET scans could compensate…
Cuando el cuidado es un asunto familiar, el Alzheimer supone una pesada carga para los hijos y los cónyuges
Read in English | Leer en inglés. HARLINGEN, Texas — Aquí en el Valle del…
En la frontera entre Texas y México, nace un audaz plan para diversificar la investigación sobre el Alzheimer
Read in English | Leer en inglés. BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Gladys Maestre está en una…
Opinion: Listen: Covid is not a ‘racial equity success story’
The idea that the narrowing gap between Covid-19 deaths among white Americans and Americans of…
‘Our community is supported at the highest levels’: Adm. Rachel Levine on gender-affirming care
BOSTON — As the health and safety of trans and queer youth are jeopardized across…
FDA panel asks for improvements in pulse oximeters
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel suggested Tuesday that the agency improve how it regulates…
Watch: How pulse oximeters work, and why they sometimes do not
Pulse oximeters, which measure oxygen levels in blood, are one of the most widely used…
Pulse oximeters and their inaccuracies will get FDA scrutiny today. What took so long?
A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee Tuesday will take up the issue of whether…
Opinion: Covid-19 is an inverse equity story, not a racial equity success story
As MacArthur Foundation fellow Jennifer Richeson noted in The Atlantic in 2020, Americans love to…
Opinion: Better access to PET scans can help reduce racial inequities in Alzheimer’s disease
While many Americans are familiar with the devastating impact of Alzheimer’s disease, few understand the…
Racial disparities in neonatal mortality even wider with tools like IVF, study finds
When Sarka Lisonkova and her colleagues set out to study disparities in the birth outcomes…
In Fiona-ravaged Puerto Rico, hospitals were prioritized over health clinics for diesel, exacerbating rural health disparities
When Hurricane Fiona knocked out power across the entire island of Puerto Rico, hospitals turned…
STAT+: Health plans say texting could help reach underserved patients. But a federal rule is getting in their way
Health plans trying to reach low-income and underserved customers say they’re being stymied by a…
Opinion: Will there be a Supreme assault on public health?
In just seven days last June, the U.S. Supreme Court set back public health by…
Harassment prompts children’s hospitals to strip websites, threatening access to gender-affirming care
Children’s hospitals that have been targeted on social media for providing gender-affirming care — and…
Opinion: How health systems can truly value Black lives: help close the racial wealth gap
Institutional declarations of support for Black lives were ubiquitous in the aftermath of the murder…
Where caregiving is a family affair, Alzheimer’s places a heavy burden on children and spouses
HARLINGEN, Texas — Here in the Rio Grande Valley almost everyone knows, or cares for,…
On the Texas-Mexico border, a bold plan to diversify Alzheimer’s research takes shape
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Gladys Maestre is on a scouting mission. The Alzheimer’s disease researcher is…
Medicare is using one of its biggest hammers to try to fix the dialysis system: how providers are paid
Chronic kidney disease, already a problem affecting millions of Americans, is only expected to become…
These 3 startups are trying to improve diversity in clinical trials, a challenge experts say will take more than just tech
A host of health tech startups and companies are advertising their apps and platforms as…
Opinion: Medicare needs to update its wheelchair coverage for the 21st century
Both of us have spent much of our lives in wheelchairs. But not just any…
Opinion: Why do people turn down social risk assistance offered by their doctors’ offices?
After decades of research documenting the profound effects of social factors on health, such as…
Opinion: Open access to research can close gaps for people with disabilities
In a long-overdue move, the federal Office of Science and Technology Policy has issued guidance…
Opinion: Amazon and One Medical: Minding the data gaps
When Amazon announced its intention to acquire One Medical, a primary care organization that leverages…
‘So much more to do’: A hospital system’s campaign to confront racism — and resistance to change — makes early strides
BOSTON — When a routine cancer screening came back showing an elevated PSA reading, George…
‘A poster child’ for diversity in science: Black engineers work to fix long-ignored bias in oxygen readings
Like many people who are Black, Kimani Toussaint was concerned when he learned that the…
Biden administration has simple way to cut overdose deaths, experts say: expand methadone access
WASHINGTON — When it comes to fighting opioid addiction, there’s no tool more effective than…
A team of Oxford and Mexican researchers want to diversify genomic databases. Can they end ‘parachute science,’ too?
MEXICO CITY — Back in 2019, while she worked for the biotech Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Claudia…
Opinion: Triple-negative breast cancer highlights the need to act against health inequities
Deaths from breast cancer create huge holes in families and communities that cannot be filled….