health care

Study: Black Parents, Children More Likely To Experience Unfair Treatment In Health Care

This adds evidence to a problem that the medical community has long known.
08/08/2023

Black Men More Likely To Die Of Melanoma, New Study Shows

This type of skin cancer is highly treatable if detected early.
07/13/2023

Study: Software Racial Bias Leads To Underdiagnosed Lung Issues In Black Men

Racist assumptions about Black people have found their way into modern health care, research shows.
06/02/2023

How Anti-Woke Extremists Are A Threat To Black Health Care

Opinion: Ideological politics are invading spaces and hindering doctors ability to provide necessary treatment.
05/26/2023

Study: Black People Live Longer In Areas Where There Are More Black Primary Care Doctors

The research shined a light on how few Black physicians work in the health care system.
04/17/2023

Op-Ed: How We Can Reimagine Black Maternal Health in the Changed Landscape of Dobbs

With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and the dangers it presents, now is the time to rethink how we approach the issue.
03/01/2023

Study: Black Men Face Higher Risk Of Prostate Cancer Than All Other Racial Groups

The American Cancer Society has blamed structural racism for disparities in cancer mortality rates.
01/06/2023

The Tuskegee Experiment: How Leading Researchers Are Rebuilding The Black Community’s Trust In Medicine

In a conversation with BET.com, Dr. David Hodge of Tuskegee’s Bioethics Center, offers a new framework for viewing the 40-year study that victimized hundreds of Black men in the name of science.
08/05/2022

Study: Black, Hispanic Americans More Likely To View COVID-19 Masks As Essential

Blacks and Latinos have died from the virus at disproportionately higher rates than other communities.
07/08/2022

LA Hospital Sued For Racism In Death Of Black Mother

"This is sloppy. It was butchery," says the attorney for her husband Charles Johnson.
05/06/2022

Ex-NFL Player Clinton Portis Receives Prison Sentence In Fraud Scheme

Prosecutors say the former star running back was part of $2.9 million crime ring of retired players.
01/07/2022