Revisiting the ‘Unequal Treatment’ report, 20 years later
Two decades ago, a landmark report called out racism in health care, indelibly changing the public health landscape. There is much more work to be done.
Equity
The long, low echo of apartheid in South Africa
In South Africa, persistent bias in medical schools and health care means your health is still worse if you’re Black. Because you’re Black.
What science tells us about structural racism’s health impact
Research has established a clear, ongoing connection between systemic bias and health disparities.
Reparations will save Black lives
Mary Bassett, New York state health commissioner, examines the close ties between wealth and health in America. It's time, she says, for the U.S. government to pay its debt to Black Americans.
Towns are going after syringe services. The A.D.A. may be their best defense.
Local officials are using regressive zoning laws to halt the expansion of syringe services. Experts say those laws discriminate against people who use drugs.
Hemophilia shouldn’t be life-threatening – but in some places, it is
Essential drugs are out of reach for many people with rare diseases, leading to lifelong disability or death.
Healthcare is a human right – but not in the United States
Abortion rights are just the latest casualty of U.S. failure to ensure universal and equitable access to healthcare.
An open letter to the Biden administration on monkeypox
Public health scholars and activists propose policy solutions for the Biden administration’s new White House monkeypox response team.
Racial bias is an endemic crisis. Here’s how to solve it.
America’s medical schools and hospitals need to do a better job of protecting Black patients from discrimination.
Shamard Charles gets the word out
The physician and health journalist on the power of story.