health disparities

A total of 42 charges have been filed against nine people, including former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, in connection with the years-long Flint Water Crisis that killed 12 people. LX News welcomed Dr. Debra Furr-Holden, an Associate Dean for Public Health Integration at Michigan State University, to discuss what she calls “one of the biggest acts of environmental racism in...

As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, a study has found that they are disproportionately reaching white populations before Black and other minority communities. One of the authors of the Business Insider report, senior healthcare reporter Shelby Livingston, joined LX News to discuss the difference in vaccination rates, and the questions it raises about racial equity.

COVID-19 cases are soaring across the country, and no area is currently harder hit than Los Angeles County in California. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in LA, a public hospital with 131 beds, has stretched its capacity to now treat over 200 patients. Dr. Elaine Batchlor, the hospital’s CEO, explains how her staff is stretching its capacity limits and...

An NYC ER doctor who has seen the devastating impact of COVID-19 on his patients is now working to fight misinformation about the vaccine. Dr. Steven McDonald of Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center joined LX News to explain why communities of color are less likely to trust medical authorities and why it’s so important to reduce those doubts.

With the first batches of the COVID-19 vaccine now being distributed in the U.S., a major priority is ensuring that everyone has access to it, especially people of color. Jennifer Gardy, deputy director for the Gates Foundation, joined LX News to discuss the roots of health disparities as well as the history of the Black community’s distrust in the health...

Kimberly Wilson hopes to improve the patient-physician experience for at least 50,000 Black and Latinx individuals by 2025.

As the death toll from the coronavirus surpasses 100,000 in the United States, there is an effort inside the state to bring awareness to some of the health disparities in communities of color. According to medical experts, minorities have been some of the hardest hit. One of the issues being brought to the forefront is underlying health conditions. “Many people…

The full recording of a roundtable discussing the expansion of Connecticut’s HUSKY program to undocumented immigrants. Recorded on May 21.

The coronavirus pandemic is shedding light on health disparities in communities of color and state leaders are trying to bring attention to this issue.