The series puts the emphasis on the validity of a patient’s feelings and emotions surrounding a particular health encounter or experience.
Despite the attention the 2003 report garnered, the nation has failed to make significant progress in addressing health disparities, said Brian Smedley.
Medical schools are voicing stepped-up commitments to combatting racism and inequities. Skeptics doubt such moves will lead to meaningful change.
KPCC’s Priska Neely reports on one of the reasons it has been so hard to bring down the black infant mortality rate: systemic racism is at the heart of the issue.
It's one thing to identify the complex social cause of this crisis. It's far harder to combat racism and stop more babies from dying.
Sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in Los Angeles County and they’re hitting communities of color the hardest. It's a problem that goes way beyond risky individual behaviors.
Protesters carrying swastikas and shouting words of hate are disturbing. But the construction of a community that puts people at increased risk for poorer health and a shorter life expectancy is equally troubling and must be addressed.
New York City health officials are watching childbirth rates across the city — and trying to find ways to lower the risk for the most vulnerable group: African-American women.
