Health Disparities

Exclusive Usha Lee McFarling

STAT Plus: National Academies is altering pending reports to appease Trump administration, some members say

Politics Angus Chen, Usha Lee McFarling, and Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: Researchers reel as Trump administration moves quickly to cut funding and end DEI health programs

Politics Matthew Herper and Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: FDA purges material on clinical trial diversity from its site, showing stakes of Trump DEI ban

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Legal overreaction to Supreme Court ban on race fueling loss of diversity at medical schools

Health Helen Branswell

STAT Plus: Trump orders U.S. to withdraw from World Health Organization

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Cancer burden is shifting from men to women and old to young

First Opinion Charles Feng, Latha Palaniappan, and Anna Chen Arroyo

The information vacuum around allergies and asthma in Asian American children

Morning Rounds O. Rose Broderick

The adverse, long-term health effects of wildfires

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Medical schools report steep drop in enrollment of Black and Hispanic students after Supreme Court ruling

Health tech Usha Lee McFarling and Anil Oza

STAT Plus: FDA releases long-awaited guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for all skin tones 

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Aletha Maybank to step down as AMA’s chief health equity officer

Health Usha Lee McFarling, Lizzy Lawrence, and Anil Oza

Fixing pulse oximeters requires federal might and possible legal action, researchers say

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Color blind: Why Portugal has no idea how bad racial disparities are

Health Jonathan Wosen

Study paints clearer picture of disadvantaged leukemia patients’ struggle to get bone marrow transplants

Business Bob Herman and Tara Bannow

Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO brings resentment of the health care system to the fore

Morning Rounds Brittany Trang

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A STAT Investigation: Pain, loss, and coercive care

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Cardiovascular health disparities persist in puzzling ways, studies find

Exclusive Katie Palmer

STAT Plus: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles tests generative AI to translate discharge notes into Spanish

First Opinion Khalilah Brown and Stephen Sodeke

How to bring more Black Americans into clinical research: Address the root causes of medical skepticism

Health Anil Oza

Lawsuit to fix pulse oximeter bias makes progress with device manufacturers

Health Katie Palmer

Should race be used in clinical algorithms? How one doctor’s research is helping shape policy

Health Katie Palmer and Usha Lee McFarling

National Academies calls to change how biomedical research uses race and ethnicity

First Opinion Nupur Jain, Nancy Hinojos, and Shawn Izadi

Louisiana’s creative new ways to fight maternal mortality

Morning Rounds Theresa Gaffney

STAT Plus: Morning Rounds: Study on racial health disparities called into question

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Study challenges finding that Black babies are more likely to survive under the care of Black physicians

Health Usha Lee McFarling and Katie Palmer

Philadelphia-area health systems end use of four race-based algorithms to guide care