For-profit nursing homes and hospices are a bad deal for older Americans
There is evidence that for-profit nursing homes and hospices are putting profits ahead of people, taking a deadly toll during the pandemic. More
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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
The Covid-19 Plasma Boom Is Over. What Did We Learn From It?
The U.S. government invested $800 million in plasma when the country was desperate for Covid-19 treatments. A year later, the program has fizzled. More
Clinicians consistently overestimate disease risk, study finds
Clinicians should know the rough probability of a patient having a certain disease based on their symptoms and test results. Yet health care practitioners are not as good as you might expect at predicting patients' disease risk, a new study finds. More
For new Lown intern, personal experience inspired a career in public health
Lown Institute intern Emily Acker has had more interactions with the health care system than the typical young adult. Here's how that has informed her experience as a public health advocate and researcher. More
FDA Seeks a New Way to Review Old Drugs Without Causing Prices to Soar
A misguided federal program called the Unapproved Drugs Initiative, which put the FDA’s stamp of approval on old drugs, led to higher prices. It’s scrapped. So now what? More
How Health Care Leaders Can Support Their Frontline Workers
The pandemic has taught us important lessons about the needs of the health care workforce More
Coding to Hide Health Prices from Web Searches Is Barred by Regulators
The guidance regarding insurers’ required posting of healthcare prices came after The Wall Street Journal revealed hospitals used such codes on their price pages. 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
Why USPSTF Still Finds Insufficient Evidence to Support Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency
Over the past 7 years, many randomized clinical trials (RCTs) have evaluated vitamin D supplementation for improving primary or secondary outcomes of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, depression, bone health, and falls, necessitating a reevaluation of whether screening for vitamin D insufficiency might be worthwhile. 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
Overdiagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents
In this systematic scoping review of 334 published studies in children and adolescents, convincing evidence was found that ADHD is overdiagnosed in children and adolescents. For individuals with milder symptoms in particular, the harms associated with an ADHD diagnosis may often outweigh the benefits. 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
Are nonprofit hospitals contributing their fair share of financial assistance?
A recent study looks at patterns of charity care spending at public, private, and for-profit hospitals, and finds some interesting results... More
Early results from federal price transparency rule show difficultly in estimating the cost of care
As of January 1, under federal rules issued by the Trump Administration, hospitals are required to publish the price of health services by payer. 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