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Health Equity & Social Justice

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The Health Divide: There’s a difference between mental health and mental wellness

This week, we’re launching a new column anchored by veteran journalist James Causey of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that explores health inequities in the broadest sense.

Mental Health
A woman giving speech

Not all medical studies are equal: A physician-journalist explains how to evaluate scientific evidence

“I want to highlight not just fact checking, but also source checking,” Dr. Seema Yasmin told fellows.

Healthcare Regulation and Reform
The health care system has disinvested in Georgia’s rural Black communities at disproportionately high rates. Since 1994, 41 labor and delivery units have shut down across the state. (Photo illustration/Eric Cash)

Black Women Are Losing Access to Maternity Care. This Law Is Partly to Blame.

Georgia is one of the most dangerous states in which to give birth. One reason: A decades-old state regulatory system gives rural, Black Georgians less access to maternity care.

Healthcare Regulation and Reform
Looking back, Aba Anderson (right) says no one offered resources to help the family cope with the event that nearly took her life and tortures her husband, Justin (left). “That’s where they probably failed us,” she says. (Eric Cash)

Haunted By Trauma: The Black Parents Who Nearly Died In Childbirth

After experiencing life-threatening complications, those who survive labor and delivery often feel abandoned by the American medical system.

Healthcare Regulation and Reform
An inmate cleans a jail cell at the Las Colinas Women’s Detention Facility in Santee, California, in April 2020.

Coronavirus Files: Latest data shows prisoners were vulnerable to COVID

Race matters more than income in explaining why childbirth is far more deadly for Black families

Race matters more than income in explaining why childbirth is far more deadly for Black families

Stanford's Maya Rossin-Slater unpacks her team's landmark study, which finds even rich Black mothers are more likely to have worse birth outcomes than their white counterparts.

Race and Equity

Black Families, Tell Us About Your Childbirth Experiences

Capital B explores why Black people are more likely to die and experience severe health complications related to childbirth, an issue highlighted in our project about Georgia’s maternal care deserts.

Race and Equity

The Story Behind ‘Dangerous Deliveries’

Here's how we navigated Georgia's lack of data transparency.

Race and Equity
Overactive bladder syndrome is overlooked and yet incredibly debilitating

Overactive bladder syndrome is overlooked and yet incredibly debilitating

Overactive bladder syndrome is overlooked and yet incredibly debilitating

Healthcare Regulation and Reform
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New arrivals in the U.S. confront vast health challenges -- and often feel alone

News organizations from around the country joined together to bring to light the interplay between immigration status and health. Many immigrants feel isolated and alone in America.

Immigrant and Migrant Health

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