Health

For many girls across Africa, getting their period means staying home from school, exposure to negative social stigma, and the risk of significant health issues all because they don’t have access…

A failure to understand race means the development and testing of wearable health monitors can exacerbate existing health inequities.

While disparities have long existed in education, the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have made them even more apparent. K–12 education took a hard hit during the pandemic. The 2022 National Assessment of Education Progress scores reflect declines in both reading and math, with historically…

Racial threats and slights take a toll on health, but the continual invalidation and questioning of whether those so-called microaggressions exist has an even more insidious effect, research shows.

The pursuit of better outcomes for underserved communities, rather than the novelty of emerging technologies, should drive innovation in health care.

Suicide rates in the US are at a 80-year high. An expert on college student mental health explains risk factors and the role of inequality.

Black patients are significantly less likely to receive the gold standard of care after having a stroke, researchers report.

Drug development takes a great deal of time, money and effort. While future profits play a big factor in which diseases gets prioritized, advocacy and research incentives can also tilt the scale.

Studies show that health misinformation on social media has led to fewer people getting vaccinated and more lives lost to COVID-19 and other life-threatening diseases.

The murder of George Floyd and resulting racial justice movement forced many people and organizations to confront the inequities baked into their everyday lives and business practices. The COVID-19 pandemic’s…

Can a state that prohibits most or all abortions block access to online information provided by abortion rights advocates and clinics in states with more permissive abortion laws? After Dobbs v. Jackson…

Infants have new protections against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), but availability is limited. Two experts discuss what you should know.