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How we pay doctors and hospitals is an overlooked driver of health disparities in this country
The move in health care to value-based payments has not solved racial health disparities. In some cases, it's even made them worse.
The new bill just passed by Congress is a huge victory for those fighting for affordable drugs
The Inflation Reduction Act permits Medicare to negotiate drug prices. Here's why the legislation is such a big deal for seniors.
Inequities in maternal health care access are not new. They have deep roots in history.
A legacy of injustice and inequity underpins reproductive health care disparities faced today by people of color.
The latest from our community
Indigenous people are promised health care. For rural moms, it's an empty one.
Native Americans travel among the farthest in the nation for maternal care. To fill the void they must rely on each other.
In rural America, maternal health care is vanishing. These moms are most at risk.
As more rural hospitals and obstetric units close, the federal government is just beginning to define the scope and impact of maternity care 'deserts.'
How I sought to avoid the mistakes of the past in reporting on alcohol deaths in New Mexico
"As an Anglo reporter little versed in this science and history, I had a lot of catching up to do."
SF is spending big on homelessness. But I wanted to know where the money is going.
Where was all this money going? Partly into no-bid contracts.
Coronavirus Files: New school guidelines are coming, and Feds take on long COVID
Also, disparities in booster access spell trouble for fall booster campaigns.
How reporters exposed abuse at residential programs where California sent troubled youth
A data-driven series ushers in quick changes to California's reliance on an out-of-state youth residential treatment program.
The trust-builder: a cancer center director’s try-it-all strategy for breaking the barriers between research and Black patients
A "high touch" approach to building trust, reducing health inequities, and increase diversity in clinical trials for cancer.
Monkeypox case in a California toddler is a reminder that viruses don’t discriminate
“It can happen to anybody. It doesn’t care about your age, your race or orientation. Just look at my kids.”
