How the CDC and others are failing Black women during childbirth
Campaigns to reduce deaths related to childbirth do little to address clinicians not hearing the problems Black mothers experience. More
Coronavirus deaths in kids echoes toll in adults, CDC says
A detailed look at COVID-19 deaths in U.S. kids and young adults released Tuesday shows they mirror patterns seen in older patients. More
Are lung function algorithms perpetuating health disparities experienced by Black people?
Is the use of race-based lung function algorithms blinding clinicians (and society) to the health harms of structural racism? More
New Research Shows Disproportionate Rate of Coronavirus Deaths in Polluted Areas
The type of pollution emitted by many chemical plants in Louisiana's industrial corridor is correlated with increased coronavirus deaths, according to new peer-reviewed research from SUNY and ProPublica. More
Without an ‘ounce of empathy’: Their stories show the dangers of being Black and pregnant
Black women are dying in childbirth 2.5 times more often than white women, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics. More
Why We Need More Black Doctors—and How to Get There
Valerie Montgomery Rice, head of Morehouse School of Medicine, on training the next generation of physicians, and how to bring more Black men into the field. More
Latinos make up 71% of coronavirus cases in largely white Marin County. Will new equity efforts help?
Many residents of San Rafael’s heavily Latino Canal neighborhood work on the front lines and live in crowded apartments. Their experience mirrors that of Latinos across the Bay Area and country, who contract the virus at higher rates than other ethnic and racial groups. More
Black Americans, suffering disproportionately from COVID-19, face a mounting mental health crisis
Black and Hispanic Americans — who have disproportionately suffered from COVID-19 and its economic fallout — appear to be shouldering an even heavier mental health burden as a racial justice movement has ripped open centuries-old wounds of systemic oppression. More
Why Black Aging Matters, Too
Older Blacks are perishing quietly, out of sight, victims of the pandemic and a lifetime of racism and its attendant adverse health effects. More
A Litany for Survival
Giving birth as a black woman in America More