racism

To be Black in America is to struggle with health problems from birth to death. The reasons are myriad. The Associated Press spent a year exploring this legacy of racism in a series of stories.

Public health professor Arline Geronimus explains how marginalized people suffer nearly constant stress, which damages their bodies at the cellular level. Her new book is Weathering.

Dr. Gail Dudley, a retired osteopathic doctor in Hillsborough County: "We have a history of discrimination, which we can change, but not if we sugarcoat it and cover it up."

Some who believe they’ve been mistreated are speaking out, including Dr. Dare Adewum, who says he had an unblemished record until he was hired to lead the neurosurgery practice at an Atlanta-area hospital.

A new investment fund launched by one of the few Black venture capitalists in health care is focused on backing Black entrepreneurs. And the investors include some of the biggest names in for-profit health care.

The stakes are high. An accurate diagnosis is the key to unlocking the right services, and for children with autism spectrum disorder, early intervention is critical.

Community leaders saw early in the pandemic that the city's residents of color were being hit hard by COVID-19. They worked with data analysts to show just how hard, where and why.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to stress the mental health of many people. But it's been especially hard for some Black Americans, who have been disproportionately affected by the virus and already faced barriers to care.

The APA, as well as the field of psychology as a whole, has been complicit in systemically harming people of color throughout history, the organization said.

Sylvie Naar says when she found out her team received a $3 million NIH grant, she was in tears "because it was like we were actually getting funded to do something about racism in the world."