How hospital segregation contributes to racial health disparities
In a Washington Post op-ed, Paul Glastris and Phil Longman explain how our health care system makes it hard for hospitals to treat everyone regardless of race or need. More
American hospitals are still segregated. That’s killing people of color.
According to data compiled by the Lown Institute and published in the Washington Monthly, the best-funded and most prestigious hospitals in America, such as the Cleveland Clinic and Massachusetts General, generally avoid treating poor people in their local communities and fill their beds instead with affluent patients blessed with generous health-care plans. Low-income and minority patients, who generally have more meager health insurance or none at all, are forced to use under-resourced safety net institutions such as those owned and operated by municipal governments. More
“It Cost Me Everything”: In Texas, COVID-19 Takes a Devastating Toll on Hispanic Residents
Not only are Hispanics catching coronavirus at higher rates in Texas’ largest county, they also suffer some of the worst outcomes. More
Medical Schools Have Historically Been Wrong on Race
While the blatant horrors of the past are gone, the ideas that fueled race-based medicine stubbornly linger. We can change. More
Artificial Intelligence, Health Disparities, and Covid-19
How racially biased is AI medicine? Experts are asking if biased algorithms worsen Covid-19's toll on Black Americans. More
Richer, whiter Bay Area cities got coronavirus testing quickly. Low-income areas didn’t
Access to testing grew faster in wealthier, whiter cities than in communities of color where the coronavirus was spreading fastest, a Chronicle analysis has found. More
A trial for coronavirus vaccine researchers: Making sure black and Hispanic communities are included in studies
The unprecedented scientific quest to end the pandemic with a vaccine faces one of its most crucial tests, and nothing less than the success of the entire endeavor is at stake. A vaccine must work for everyone — young and old; black, brown and white. More
Want A COVID-19 Test? It’s Much Easier To Get In Wealthier, Whiter Neighborhoods
Black and Hispanic people are more likely to experience longer wait times and understaffed testing centers. More
COVID-19 is quietly ravaging the LGBTQ community
There’s no way to know for sure because the government isn’t yet collecting the kind of detailed data that would show the extent of the problem. More
Dermatology faces a reckoning: Lack of darker skin in textbooks and journals harms care for patients of color
In dermatology, where images are critical for diagnoses, the lack of images of darker skin poses a roadblock to proper treatment and medical education. More