Health Disparities

Patients with heart failure who are discharged from the hospital are more likely to have other health problems and complications if they live in…

Every year, for the past 15 years, first year students at Washington University’s School of Medicine have climbed on board three yellow school buses and…

A new friend was scheduled for a mastectomy, but was now determined to get out of bed and cancel the surgery. So Ella Jones’ mothering instincts kicked…

The fight to reduce the disproportionate rate of HIV infections among young black men can come down to two solutions: reducing stigma and improving sex…

People who live in different parts of north St. Louis County may have a 12-year difference in how long they can expect to live, according to an analysis…

Violence in north St. Louis is prompting one of the few urgent care clinics in the area to close on the weekends.A gun battle outside the doors of North…

The Archdiocese of St. Louis has named a director for its re-established Peace and Justice Commission, also known as the human rights commission. Marie…

Its magnitude was ambitious and unprecedented: The National Children’s Study promised to follow 100,000 American children from before birth to the age of…

The numbers tell the story: unemployment among African Americans in St. Louis is 17.6 percent, four times that of whites.And the unemployment rate is…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 4, 2013 - Sherrill Jackson is a 21-year breast cancer survivor. Shermane Winters-Wofford is a…