HealthCity Editors

New Research from the Grayken Center for Addiction Suggests Ongoing Discrimination Against Patients with OUD, Despite State and Federal Guidelines.

Research indicates that providers and patients often disagree on what defines adequate sedation and comfort during eye surgery.

Recently published book co-edited by pediatric neurologist spotlights importance of practicing compassion, empathy, and humanism in pediatric healthcare.

Over the past few years, clinicians have become painfully aware of the impact racism has on a patient’s health. While their institutions scramble to establish antiracist practices, those on the ground are reminded on a daily basis of the urgency of this work.

Research shows that Black women are more likely to die of pregnancy-related complications. But how and why? BMC experts are making it their goal to find out.

The new Accelerator works to eliminate the barriers that perpetuate injustice in healthcare and ensures that everyone can live a healthy life, regardless of their race or ethnicity.

Descendants of men in the syphilis study in Tuskegee joined medical experts to address trauma and advocate for informed consent of the vaccine.

New provider principles lay out how to treat patients according to their unique, age-specific needs — and elevate national discussions on systemic changes.

Communities who have suffered most from COVID-19 also stand to benefit most from vaccination, says Anthony Fauci.

Physicians call for renewed energy in dismantling systems of oppression for the health and safety of patients, providers, and communities.