Winning Trust for a Vaccine Means Confronting Medical Racism
The US has a long history of abusing minorities for pharmaceutical profit. Messaging for a Covid-19 inoculation will have to overcome that past. More
Scientific Journals Commit to Diversity but Lack the Data
Several prominent publishers said they did not track the race and ethnicity of the researchers contributing to their platforms. More
Will the Hardest-Hit Communities Get the Coronavirus Vaccine?
A committee that advises the C.D.C.’s director is working on a plan to equitably distribute immunizations when they become available. More
How Mass General Brigham Plans To Dismantle Racism In And Outside Hospital Walls
The project, called “United Against Racism,” includes changes in leadership, culture and patient care. It also expands efforts to address hunger, housing and job opportunities outside hospital walls. More
Medicare, Medicaid will cover costs of future COVID-19 vaccine under new policy
Medicare will cover any potential coronavirus vaccine for free, under a new Trump administration policy officially announced Wednesday. More
Female Doctors Spend More Time With Patients, But Earn Less Money Than Men
Female physicians spend more time with each patient than male doctors do and their patients report increased satisfaction. But the extra time adds up and results in less money. More
‘Still killing us’: The federal government underfunded health care for Indigenous people for centuries. Now they’re dying of COVID-19
In reservation areas of New Mexico, health care is underfunded. In this six-part series, USA TODAY investigates links between racism and COVID-19. More
Asian Americans in San Francisco are dying at alarming rates from COVID-19: Racism is to blame
COVID-19 is killing Asian Americans in the Bay Area. In this six-part series, USA TODAY investigates how systemic racism is driving high death rates. More
Why isn’t routine Covid-19 testing happening in prisons and immigrant detention centers?
Mass Covid-19 testing, recommended for congregate housing, isn't being done in correctional facilities or immigration detention centers. More
UC Berkeley is disavowing its eugenic research fund after bioethicist and other faculty call it out
UC Berkeley disavowed a research fund for eugenics it had kept for decades after a campus bioethicist and others protested. But eugenic ideology remains embedded in science today. More
COVID-19 Hit Mass. Nursing Homes Hard — Especially Those Serving People Of Color
A WBUR analysis found that more diverse nursing homes in Massachusetts had higher COVID-19 death rates than predominantly white facilities. More
I’m a Black psychiatrist. I’m never prepared for the emptiness and grief I feel when police shoot a Black person
As a psychiatrist, I should be well-equipped to deal with the emotions that arise in me when police shoot a Black person. But I'm not. More
A broken-hearted Cuthbert says goodbye to its hospital
In August, the last inpatients were discharged. Next week, moving trucks are expected to haul off boxloads of patient files and medical records. More
VIDEO: Racism and Hospitals
How does structural racism manifest in the hospital sector and what can we do about it? At the first in the Lown Presents event series, Lown Institute leaders invited a health equity expert and the CEO of one of the most inclusive hospitals in the nation to discuss this crucial topic. More
Lown Presents
Lown Presents provides a deep dive into topics at the intersection of health policy, health equity, and high-value care. This free series of live streamed conversations will feature experts with a variety of perspectives on health care, including hospital leaders, public health experts, patient advocates, thought leaders, and policymakers. More
Covid Plus Decades of Pollution Are a Nasty Combo for Detroit
Have acres of industrial buildup around a Motor City neighborhood left residents especially vulnerable? More
‘All You Want Is To Be Believed’: Sick With COVID-19 And Facing Racial Bias In The ER
When a Latina woman went to a Bay Area hospital, a doctor was dismissive of her COVID symptoms. Is unconscious bias one reason people of color are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus? More
Unmet social need and how it relates to health care quality and access in the US
A recent study by Megan B. Cole, PhD, MPH, and Kevin H. Nguyen, MS, takes a broader look at the extent of unmet social needs in low-income US adults and the relationship to health care access and quality. More
Racism turned their neighborhood into ‘Cancer Alley.’ Now they’re dying from COVID-19
Americans living in "Cancer Alley" suffer from high rates of cancer. In this six-part series, USA TODAY investigates how racism fuels COVID-19 deaths. More
CDC: Blacks, Hispanics dying of COVID-19 at disproportionately high rates
Black and Hispanic Americans were disproportionately more likely to die of COVID-19 during the spring and summer months, a new indicator that the coronavirus’s toll is falling most heavily on underserved and minority communities. More