Race and Health

Latest KFF Health News Stories

Less-Lethal Weapons Blind, Maim and Kill. Victims Say Enough Is Enough.

KFF Health News Original

Time and again over the past two decades, peace officers have targeted demonstrators with munitions designed only to stun and stop. Protests this year in reaction to George Floyd’s death in police custody have reignited a controversy surrounding their use.

NIH Project Homes In on COVID Racial Disparities

KFF Health News Original

The pandemic has given the National Institutes of Health an opportunity to show the value of its $1.5 billion “All of Us” research program. A major effort to make the platform’s database representative of America resulted in minorities making up more than half of its more than 270,000 volunteers.

‘Just Make It Home’: The Unwritten Rules Blacks Learn To Navigate Racism In America

KFF Health News Original

Darnell Hill, a mental health caseworker, is teaching black teens in St. Louis how to safely walk through the park, run to the store or handle an encounter with the police. Beyond tangible skills, he offers comfort and a semblance of control to those for whom birding, running or walking down the street hold the risk of racial violence.