Amy Finkelstein on a study evaluating the impact of physician-delivered video messages on Black and Latinx people’s COVID knowledge and information-seeking behaviors.
Health Equity
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Raising the Minimum Wage Saved Lives
Atheendar Venkataramani on a study showing that state increases in minimum wage and earned income tax credits led to fewer suicides.
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How Will Biden’s Fix for Child Poverty Affect Kids’ Health?
The American Rescue Plan includes monthly payments that could protect millions of kids from poverty — and the health risks that come with it.
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Data and Door Knocking: One City’s Push for Racial Equity in Vaccines
What Chicago can teach the rest of the country about distributing vaccines more equitably.
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Alzheimer’s Can Wreak Financial Havoc Years Before Diagnosis
Ezra Golberstein on new research that suggests negative financial consequences can start years before an Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
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Exploring Inequities in Telemedicine
Rachel Werner on new research looking at which patients have struggled to take advantage of telehealth during the pandemic.
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Good Intentions
Drugmakers and regulators are placing an unprecedented emphasis on diversity in vaccine clinical trials.Â
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What a Study on Post-Op Complications Does and Doesn’t Tell Us About Racial Disparities
Pediatrician and scholar Rhea Boyd on research examining differences in post-op complications between white and Black kids.
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How Do Police Killings Affect High School Students?
Atheendar Venkataramani on data comparing L.A. high schoolers who did and did not live in a community with a police killing.
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Core To Who I Am
We look at the fight to secure health care protections for transgender Americans and the impact they’ve had on helping people get care they need.