Algorithms play a significant role in our daily lives — they unlock our phones, tell us which movies to watch and dictate the content we see on social media. These calculations are also frequently ...

A woman, let’s call her Lisa, applies for a loan. She’s 35 with a graduate degree, a high earning trajectory and a 670 credit score. She also just returned to work after taking time off to start a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a major ruling on affirmative action Thursday, rejecting the use of race as a factor in college admissions as a violation of the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection ...

In 2021, states had to choose how to distribute a scarce number of Covid-19 vaccines. One approach was to do so based on individuals’ risk of death from the virus. Another was to do so geographically, ...

Algorithms that incorporate race as a modifying factor to guide clinical decision-making have recently been criticized for propagating racial bias in medicine. The calculation of lung or kidney ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. A large government study published Thursday shows more definitively ...

SSM Health, a Catholic hospital chain that operates 23 hospitals across the Midwest, has stopped using race as a determining factor for prioritizing COVID-19 treatment, the chain announced Friday ...

As significant strides are made in formalizing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts within higher education institutions, we must be careful not to abuse DEI language in ways that work against our ...

Parents are spreading “disinformation and hysteria around critical race theory,” a former teacher recently told NPR. “Teachers can barely afford the resources for their own curriculum [so] it’s ...