Politics Usha Lee McFarling STAT Plus: Supreme Court strikes down use of affirmative action, a blow to efforts to diversify medical schools
Health Ambar Castillo In absence of Roe v. Wade, an abortion doctor dwells on all the patients she does not see
Health Simar Bajaj ‘We fail people’: New data on disparities in Medicaid access to opioid addiction treatment
Health Theresa Gaffney New research underscores benefits of gender-affirming hormones, rebutting anti-trans claims
Health Olivia Goldhill ‘Falling through the cracks’: Why ADHD is under-diagnosed among Asian Americans
Health Isabella Cueto The Canada wildfires are exposing the harmful effects — and health inequities — of air pollution
Color Code Nicholas St. Fleur Listen: For Long Island mothers, community efforts address ‘an injustice made purposefully invisible’
Health H Conley Studies show top surgery is safe for fat patients, but some surgeons still mandate weight loss
Health Tech Associated Press STAT Plus: Black men were likely underdiagnosed with lung problems because of bias in software, study suggests
First Opinion Danny Nieves-Kim The DEA needs to officially allow telehealth prescribing for opioid use disorder
Color Code Nicholas St. Fleur Listen: ‘A textbook case of environmental racism’: The battle over the Brookhaven Landfill
Health Amanda Loudin After decades of neglecting women athletes, sport and exercise medicine is finally catching up
First Opinion Lydia E. Pace and Nancy L. Keating New draft recommendations for mammograms take a one-size-fits-all approach
Health Usha Lee McFarling ‘We’re failing to make progress’: Studies show ongoing toll of premature Black deaths
Health Lev Facher Black patients far less likely to receive key opioid addiction medication, study finds
In the Lab Megan Molteni Human ‘pangenome’ published, with goal of making genomics more useful for diverse populations
Health Angus Chen Breast cancer screening should begin at 40, not 50, national health panel recommends
Health Elaine Chen Report on medical access finds one-third of Black Americans live in ‘cardiology deserts’
Health Usha Lee McFarling Wealth, not health: For this hospital, closing Chicago’s alarming ‘death gap’ didn’t mean more clinics
Health Theresa Gaffney Survey: Anti-LGBTQ legislation takes alarming mental-health toll on queer youth
Health Taylor Majewski ‘We went from almost no lockdowns to daily lockdowns’: The mental health crisis inside California women’s prisons
Health Tech Mohana Ravindranath STAT Plus: Free Uber rides helped patients keep their prenatal appointments. Now the company wants insurers to pay for it
Health Usha Lee McFarling In counties with more Black doctors, Black people live longer, ‘astonishing’ study finds
First Opinion Ashley Ward Current heat warning systems are woefully inadequate in an age of climate change