Pandemic Imperiled Non-English Speakers More Than Others
Covid patients who did not speak English well were 35% more likely to die, data from one Boston hospital shows. More
Our Health System Is Failing Patients with Limited English
Better communication could help reduce inequities, but our medical infrastructure isn’t designed to take that into account More
Asian Americans face barriers and bigotry in medicine
Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi writes on the struggles faced by Asian Americans working in medicine, who have endured biased comments and discrimination. More
Medicine’s Privileged Gatekeepers: Producing Harmful Ignorance About Racism And Health
Ignorance is neither neutral nor benign, especially when it cloaks evidence of harm. And when ignorance is produced and entrenched by gatekeeper medical institutions, as has been the case with obfuscation of at least 200 years of knowledge about racism and health, the damage is compounded. More
In Q&A, Vice President Harris calls for urgent action on the Black maternal health crisis
Vice President Kamala Harris weighs in on Black maternal health issues ranging from bias training for doctors to extending Medicaid coverage. More
Structural barriers create stark racial divide in Americans’ health
The coronavirus pandemic has provided a clear example of how quickly social economic disparities become health disparities. More
Racism’s corrosive impact on the health of Black Americans
Bill Whitaker reports on how decades of research show that racism is adversely affecting Black Americans' health in several different ways. More
Racism is a serious threat to public health, CDC says. Look at police killings to see why
Black Americans are nearly three times more likely to be killed by police and with each death the mental health of the community left behind is harmed. More
When a cardiologist flagged the lack of diversity at premier medical journals, the silence was telling
Of 51 editors at NEJM, just one was Black and one was Hispanic as of October. Of 49 editors at JAMA, two were Black and two were Hispanic. More
Op-Ed: Even as more Asian Americans become doctors, workplace bias flourishes
I am a surgeon in a privileged profession, but structural anti-Asian racism plagues medicine as it does other sectors of society. More
Vaccinating vulnerable populations and the myth of widespread hesitancy
How often have you heard that our most vulnerable populations are desperately seeking access to the COVID vaccine? Almost never? More
Researchers speak out on racism and medical publishing
After an editor at a major medical journal dismissed the idea of structural racism, researchers say his views are symptomatic of larger problems in health research. More
The CDC Says Racism Is A Public Health Threat. Here’s What It Means
The CDC has declared racism a "serious threat" to public health. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones, who worked for the CDC and now studies race and health at Emory University. More
Black women 3 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than White men
New medical findings challenge conventional wisdom that biological differences between the sexes drive death rates. More
Imagine if Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium helped solve Philly’s other major health crises | Opinion
The city has learned the importance of trusting and partnering with Black and brown medical pros. More
‘Who is going to protect me?’: Ratings app aims to remove bias from the birthing experiences of Black and brown mothers
Black and brown patients can write reviews and rate the care provided by their OB-GYNs, pediatricians, and hospitals. More
Excited delirium: valid clinical diagnosis or medicalized racism? Organized medicine needs to take a stand
Medical organizations need to formally denounce the diagnostic validity and use of excited delirium to justify excessive police force. More
Perceptions of Discrimination and Unfair Judgment While Seeking Health Care
Research shows that people are often discriminated against or treated unfairly in health care settings because of disabilities, gender identity or sexual orientation, and race or ethnicity. More
Racism in the USA: ensuring Asian American health equity
Racist anti-Asian incidents and rhetoric in the USA have been on the rise during the COVID-19 pandemic, by some accounts increasing as much as 150%. More
Getting Vaccinated While Black
Obtaining a COVID shot, like so many other aspects of American life, has emerged as a racial-justice issue—and a matter of life and death. More