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How Your Genes, Race, and Immunity Make You a Target for Covid-19

If your old (over 70) and either black, Hispanic, or an indigenous American, your on average 3.3 times more likely to die from Covid than a white person.

Healthcare Chart Notes Set the Stage for Dangerously Skewed Negative Patient Profiles

Careless use of biased language in Healthcare Chart notes gives life to skewed beliefs about patients and the state of their mental and physical health.

Moms Pass Protective Antibodies to Baby After Covid Infection

Pregnant women worldwide are worried they will catch Covid-19 and pass it to their newborn baby. As an Obgyn working in a Covid-19 hotspot,...

Doctors and Patients Try to Shame Insurers Online to Reverse Prior Authorization Denials

This story is authored by LAUREN SAUSSER and is reprinted with permission by KFF Health News. Sally Nix was furious when her health insurance company...