Health Disparities

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Pulse oximeters’ inaccuracies in darker-skinned people require urgent action, AGs tell FDA

Health Usha Lee McFarling

La ‘paradoja hispana’ intriga a una nueva generación de investigadores decididos a resolverla

Health Theresa Gaffney

Extreme heat could lead to 233% increase in U.S. excess cardiovascular deaths, study says

Health Angus Chen

Cancer disparities persisted even among clinical trial participants, study finds

Health Anika Nayak

What will it take to end the crisis of Black deaths in the U.S.?

Health Deborah Balthazar

How an ER doctor in Chicago is tackling trauma from gun violence

Health Allessandra DiCorato

Older adults are vulnerable in a warming climate. Better buildings could help protect them

Health Associated Press

Breast cancer is deadlier for Black women. A study of mammograms could help close the gap

Health Anika Nayak

Chronic kidney disease raises risk of sudden cardiac arrest among Hispanics and Latinos

Health Elaine Chen

Stroke deaths, despite advances in prevention, are set to near 10 million globally by 2050

Health tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: To prevent amputation in patients with severe vascular disease, a device turns veins into arteries

Health Care Theresa Gaffney

Women spend 20% more per year on out-of-pocket health costs, says report

Health tech Katie Palmer

STAT Plus: Machine learning could help predict risk of preterm birth using wearables data

Health Anika Nayak

Children of color and from low-income families disproportionately harmed by toxic chemicals, study finds

Health Anika Nayak

Black people are more likely to be physically restrained in emergency rooms, study finds

Health Wudan Yan

In North Carolina, a radical experiment targets social determinants of health with fresh produce and safe housing

First Opinion Nathalie McDowell Johnson

A popular breast cancer genomic test underestimates risks for Black women

Health Annalisa Merelli

Why doesn’t the U.S. have more Black midwives?

Health Usha Lee McFarling

The ‘Hispanic Paradox’ intrigues a new generation of researchers determined to unravel it

Health Grace Rubenstein

They’re immigrants, farmworkers, and new moms. And they’re facing postpartum depression at higher rates

Health Deborah Balthazar

Obesity-related cardiovascular deaths tripled in the last two decades, new study finds

Health Angus Chen

Robert Winn: Without ‘high-touch’ strategies, cancer’s breakthroughs will increase disparities

Health Usha Lee McFarling

How a ‘weighted lottery’ helped underserved patients get a scarce Covid drug

First Opinion Irasema Garza and Guadalupe Pacheco

It’s long past time for a more comprehensive Covid treatment approach

Health Bree Iskandar

America’s ERs struggle with timely care for stroke patients

Health Ambar Castillo

Stress in childhood linked to physical and cognitive problems in older age, according to new study

Health Annalisa Merelli

Henrietta Lacks settlement hailed by experts as step toward correcting medicine’s racist history

Health Deborah Balthazar

Researchers seek answers to racial disparities for prostate and breast cancer among people of African ancestry

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Ending health disparities requires full federal government, National Academies panel says