UC Davis ER physician Kara Toles discusses confronting bias in care while advocating for health equity and training colleagues to recognize prejudice.
Race and Equity
Researchers and health experts point to the cumulative effects of systemic racism, chronic stress and generational trauma that shape maternal health long before pregnancy begins.
From early heart surgery to blood plasma preservation and vaccine research, Black medical pioneers helped reshape emergency care despite systemic exclusion.
Nichelle Nichols’ estate won a $13 million wrongful-death verdict over claims that failures at a New Mexico emergency room led to the “Star Trek” icon’s death.
A reading list on race, bias and emergency medicine explores systemic inequities affecting Black patients and health care practitioners.
ER nurse Anisa Nesbitt says more Black health care providers can build patient trust, while helping future nurses confront bias and prioritize compassionate care.
Sacramento’s emergency care delays and outdated EMS policies are straining hospitals, with data showing Black residents face disproportionate ER use and preventable hospitalizations.
Stanford ER physician Dr. Italo Brown combines emergency care, teaching and community outreach to push for greater representation and health equity in medicine.
More than 7,000 immigrants were arrested in Massachusetts in the first 15 months of the second Trump administration, but the reverberations of those detentions affect thousands more family members.
Black patients with lupus and sickle cell disease describe ER visits marked by dismissal, bias and fear, while advocates point to broader inequities in emergency care.