An immunosuppressed physician explains what navigating her life – and her workplace – is like in this COVID-fatigued world.
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How Nursing Home Staff Biases Drive Inequitable Care
Jasmine Travers shares research showing how racial biases can impact care for Black nursing home residents with advanced dementia.
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Are Veterans Less Likely to Die at VA Hospitals?
Amal Trivedi shares research looking at what happens to veterans who get emergency care at VA vs. non-VA hospitals.
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Presenting Sick: Screaming in the Shower
An episode of Side Effects Public Media’s “Sick” podcast exploring health care at one women’s prison in Indiana.
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When Racial and Rural Disparities Collide
Katie Keith shares a new study looking at the distance to hospitals for zip codes with high percentages of people of color.
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Racial Bias Lurking in Patient Records
Ishani Ganguli on new research showing Black patients have much higher odds of having clinicians write negative descriptors about them.
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Off Script: One Pharmacist’s COVID Woes and Wins
A pharmacist and co-owner of an independent pharmacy in Iowa shares what life is like nearly two years into the pandemic.
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Female Docs Make a Difference for Female Patients
Adrianna McIntyre on new research using randomization to show how female patients can benefit when they have a female doctor.
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Medicaid Expansion Is About More Than New Enrollees
Paul Shafer writes about a new study on how Louisiana’s Medicaid expansion helped people already in the program find care closer to their homes.
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How Immigration Enforcement Can Affect Newborns’ Health
Sebastian Tello-Trillo shares research on the impact of immigration enforcement fears on babies born to undocumented parents.