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Racial bias built into a common medical test for lung function is likely leading to fewer Black patients getting care…
The clip-on devices that use light to measure oxygen levels in the blood are getting a closer look from U.S.…
Virginia schools are creating scholarships and youth pipeline programs to encourage more Black students to pursue medical careers.
The city of Philadelphia issued an apology Thursday for the unethical medical experiments performed on mostly Black inmates at its…
Fifty years ago, the Tuskegee Syphilis Study was exposed. But we’re still dealing with medical racism today.
Race-based medical guidance can affect every element of a patient's care—including the allocation of much-needed transplants.
As the monkeypox virus continues to spread, news organizations are racializing and colorizing this new virus du jour.
A nurse's dismissive response to 11th-grader D’Andre Hicks' stroke resulted in 45 minutes elapsing before he received medical assistance
Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana told Politico that the state’s high maternal mortality rates are not as bad if you…
A lawsuit alleges that a Chicago-area medical center called a child protection agency under the assumption a harmless birthmark was…
An inmate is seeking legal recourse after being denied early release due to a kidney disease formula that adjusts diagnoses…
Blacks and Hispanics far less likely than whites to receive CPR from a bystander during cardiac arrest, study shows.
Psychiatrist Jeffrey Lieberman referred to fashion model Nyakim Gatwech as a "freak of nature" due to her dark skin in…
What happened to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and why isn’t he more like his father? A prominent anti-vaxxer, RFK Jr.…
Blue Telusma was prescribed a medication that could harm a fetus, but her pregnant doctor didn't disclose it.
Blogger Chanté Burkett's doctors initially misdiagnosed her stomach pain as bloatedness — she later learned she had a 13-lb. ovarian…