A lot has been said about hesitancy among people deciding whether to get one of the three available COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. But less is said about the hesitancy clinicians feel about speaking to their patients about getting one of those vaccines. As with...
Cancer trials are crucial to finding new treatments, can lead to major breakthroughs, and frequently yield positive results for participants, but too often patients from communities of color are left behind. Mortality rates among Black cancer patients are higher than...
COVID-19 is known to cause severe lung inflammation, with serious complications including pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and sepsis of the internal organs. The resulting breathing difficulties can lead to the need for expensive and limited...
Surgical skill obviously plays an important role in the outcomes of patients treated for a serious disease such as cancer. But long before many patients reach the operating table, the cards may have already been stacked against them by virtue of their race, ethnicity,...