Urban Hospitals of Last Resort Cling to Life in Time of COVID
Rural hospitals have been closing at a quickening pace in recent years, but a number of inner-city hospitals now face a similar fate. More
COVID Vaccine Trials Move at Warp Speed, But Recruiting Black Volunteers Takes Time
The National Institutes of Health has suggested minorities should be overrepresented in COVID-19 vaccine trials — perhaps at rates that are double their percentage of the U.S. population. 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
Why the Coronavirus More Often Strikes Children of Color
Children in minority communities are much more likely to become infected and severely ill. Many have parents who are frontline workers, experts say. More
How Foundational Moments In Medicaid’s History Reinforced Rather Than Eliminated Racial Health Disparities
The past months have laid bare the inextricable connection between two pandemics in the United States: COVID-19, which is disproportionately affecting Black Americans, and systemic racism, which has set the foundation for the stark health disparities we see today. More
The Suffocating State of Physician Workforce Diversity: Why “I Can’t Breathe”
It is a difficult time to witness the outrage of the ravaged and disenfranchised communities of color and the long-standing, systemic oppression of Black people in the US. More
How medical education can help fight racism
The country’s medical education system could be pivotal in addressing racism in healthcare. More
‘Our Communities Are In Crisis’: Latinos And COVID-19
A Latinx neighborhood in a wealthy California county hard-hit by COVID-19 reflects on the complex challenges and policy failures affecting vulnerable communities across the U.S. during the pandemic. More
Does racism make us sick? Amid a national reckoning, the question gains new importance
Racism has devastating health effects on Black people, studies show. The coronavirus pandemic and a national movement against systemic racism has magnified that stress. More
COVID-19 is a ‘crisis within a crisis’ for homeless people
Homeless people are extremely vulnerable to COVID-19, but its impact on them is largely a mystery as data collection is sparse and, minus any coordinated federal response, local governments must figure out how to protect their homeless during the pandemic. More
Race Disparities in the COVID-19 Pandemic—Solutions Lie in Policy, Not Biology
Soon after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was recognized in the United States in early 2020, troubling patterns emerged, revealing that US Black and Hispanic residents were experiencing several-fold greater incidence of infection and increased rates of hospitalization. More
Addressing racism in health services research
At the 2020 Academy Health Research Meeting, presenters dug deep into the subject on everyone's minds: How do we tackle structural racism within health services research? More