systemic racism

"We won't heal until we make sense of the crack epidemic," Donovan X. Ramsey says. His book, When Crack Was King, examines the drug's destructive path through the Black community.

Some medical professionals are concerned the decision could have implications for the diversity of medical students, the practice of medicine, and patient care.

The University of Florida health system is exploring ways to better engage Black adults in need of health care.

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.

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.

On Intersection, we talk with three experts looking into the causes and solutions of health disparities, such as access to prevention and care.

Determined to improve the way doctors connect with their patients, a new wave of innovators are using technology to match people of color with culturally competent professionals.

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."

Though vaccination rates among Black Floridians still lag behind whites and Hispanics, recent data shows they are improving.