‘Nobody is catching it’: Algorithms used in hospitals nationwide are rife with bias
The algorithms carry out an array of crucial tasks: helping emergency rooms nationwide triage patients, …
Category: health disparities
Children in rural areas face increasing barriers to pediatric care, study finds
Hospital beds for children with asthma, pneumonia, viral infections, and other serious illnesses have declined…
NIH releases a plan to confront structural racism. Critics say it’s not enough
Saying structural racism is a chronic problem throughout biomedical research and within their own walls,…
A landmark Alzheimer’s drug approval would likely deepen racial inequities in dementia care
Come Monday, we should learn whether the Food and Drug Administration will approve the first…
STAT+: ‘We shouldn’t leave anybody behind’: Inequities in cancer genomics undercut promise of precision medicine
Translating the promise of cancer genomics into health equity has not yet become a reality,…
A new tool tracks health disparities in the U.S. — and highlights major data gaps
Over and over, the pandemic has reinforced the reality of racial disparities in the U.S….
Shuttered hospitals, soaring Covid-19 deaths: Rural Black communities lose a lifeline in the century’s worst health crisis
DAWSON, Ga. — In every corner of Latasha Taylor’s home are plants she knows nothing…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: A discussion on health disparities in colorectal cancer with Dr. Fola May
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1p.m. ET. Every…
Acknowledging its ‘white patriarchy’ and racist past, the AMA pledges to dismantle causes of health inequities
Saying it needs to “pivot from ambivalence to urgent action” and hold itself accountable for…
With long Covid, history may be repeating itself among people of color
It’s well-known now that people of color have shouldered a disproportionate burden in the Covid-19…
Opinion: My work as a Black OB-GYN tempered my joy as I prepared to give birth
Expectant mothers tend to spend time fine-tuning their baby registries and decorating their nurseries. I…
Opinion: Dollar stores: gateways to equitable Covid-19 vaccine distribution
With the number of Americans receiving Covid-19 vaccines each week starting to decline, it’s time…
A doctor trained nurse practitioners to do colonoscopies. Critics say his research exploited Black patients
At a time when medical researchers are under pressure to increase diversity in clinical trials,…
STAT+: Uber names a new head of its growing health business
Uber hailed a new lead for its expanding health business on Thursday, naming Caitlin Donovan…
After 40 years, medical schools are admitting fewer Black male or Native American students
In what some are calling a “persistent failure” of medical schools to improve diversity, a…
Opinion: End fracking exemptions, a threat to maternal and public health
The adoption of safe, clean, renewable energy is an essential element for sustaining the U.S….
Opinion: Low-tech but high-value: Don’t stop reimbursing phone-only telehealth visits
At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and…
In Q&A, Vice President Harris calls for urgent action on the Black maternal health crisis
It’s an American crisis that was long ignored at the government’s highest levels: Black women…
Opinion: Make it easier for employers to help get America vaccinated
Businesses across the country are ready, willing, and able to help America get vaccinated. They…
‘Who is going to protect me?’: Ratings app aims to remove bias from the birthing experiences of Black and brown mothers
Thirty weeks into my first pregnancy, I developed some concerning abdominal pain. The clinicians in…
Troubling podcast puts JAMA, the ‘voice of medicine,’ under fire for its mishandling of race
Weeks after it was scrubbed from the Journal of the American Medical Association’s website, a…
Opinion: Reforming and improving organ transplant systems will save lives, taxpayer dollars
Every day, 33 people — disproportionately people of color — die in the U.S. as…
Opinion: Adding social determinants gives public health maps a sense of place and time
Before becoming a public health researcher, I trained as a geologist. That may seem like…
Opinion: Dialysis clinics should be able to vaccine their patients on site
One year after Covid-19 was declared a national emergency in the United States, and with…
Opinion: Prisons are long-term care facilities. So why don’t inmates get priority for Covid-19 vaccination?
In the four-tier priority list for Covid-19 vaccination set out by the Centers for Disease…
The uncounted: People who are homeless are invisible victims of Covid-19
LOS ANGELES — They are the invisible victims of Covid-19, marginalized not just in life,…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: An on-the-ground look at racial disparities in Covid vaccine distribution
Editors note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1:00pm ET. Every…
Opinion: Using the new Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine to create equity and trust
The Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency…
In Palm Beach, Covid-19 vaccines intended for rural Black communities are instead going to wealthy white Floridians
PAHOKEE, Fla. — The winds blew southwest the day of Pahokee’s Covid-19 vaccination drive, which…
Opinion: Vaccine equity: If we build it, will they come?
In partnership with the federal government, California launched two massive Covid-19 vaccination sites this week….
FDA issues alert on ‘limitations’ of pulse oximeters, without explicit mention of racial bias
Two months after Democratic lawmakers expressed concern about potential racial disparities in pulse oximeter readings…
‘A massive gap in information’: Most vaccine clinical trials fail to report data on participants’ ethnicity or race
An analysis of the demographics of a decade’s worth of vaccine clinical trials has found…
U.S. life expectancy fell by a year in the first half of 2020, CDC report finds
As the Covid-19 pandemic took hold, life expectancy in the United States dropped one full…
Opinion: Listen: Lauren Powell on the intersection of Covid-19 and racism
In the second episode of STAT’s “First Opinion Podcast,” I spoke with Lauren Powell, the…
Novartis and the Gates Foundation aim to create a more practical gene therapy for sickle cell patients around the world
Novartis and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are joining forces to discover and develop…
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Could AI tools for breast cancer worsen disparities? Patchy public data in FDA filings fuel concern
The great hope of artificial intelligence in breast cancer is that it can distinguish harmless…
Covid-19 vaccination rates follow the money in states with the biggest wealth gaps, analysis shows
The affluent town of Woodbridge, Conn., has less than half the population of neighboring Ansonia,…
Opinion: Back to ‘normal’ isn’t good enough
With the anticipation of increasing distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, Americans are looking forward to a…
‘These numbers are incredibly important’: Doctors and lawmakers call on FDA to address racial disparities in pulse oximeters
A long-documented, under-the-radar disparity is garnering new attention as the Covid-19 pandemic stretches into another…
Opinion: Youths of color are our future. Investing in their mental health must be taken seriously
Gonzales is a small city in central California populated mostly by Latino immigrant families and…
Opinion: Public health is being undermined. These 10 actions can restore it
The year since the first Covid-19 case was identified in the United States has been…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: A conversation on racial health disparities, Covid-19, and vaccine distribution
A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. Every week,…
A Baltimore pastor, preaching about vaccines to the Black community, emphasizes personal agency
Terris King is intimately familiar with the Black community’s skepticism about Covid-19 vaccines. The Baltimore…
Large majority of doctors hold misconceptions about people with disabilities, survey finds
A new survey of U.S. doctors finds that more than 80% believe people with a…
Opinion: Disadvantage indices can help achieve equitable vaccine allocation
Policymakers have wrestled for months with how to fairly prioritize populations for Covid-19 vaccines. But…
With painstaking effort, Black doctors’ group takes aim at Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy
In September, after the Food and Drug Administration authorized Covid-19 treatments based more on presidential…
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STAT+: ‘This is the foundation’: Health tech leaders discuss access, inequity, and community at CES
For all the focus on digital health at the Consumer Electronics Show for the past…
Opinion: Using technology to help heal health care disparities
For the first time in its 54-year history, CES (formerly known as the Consumer Electronics…
Biden’s appointment of a health disparities adviser is historic. But her impact will depend on how the White House empowers her
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden’s slate of high-level health care appointments includes an unprecedented selection: The…
Opinion: To get the Covid-19 vaccine right, we must close the confidence gap and stop pathologizing communities of color
Broad skepticism about the safety and effectiveness of potential Covid-19 vaccines has created major challenges…