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Racial bias still affects many aspects of health care. Racial discrimination has shaped so many American institutions that perhaps it should be no surprise that health care is among them. Put simply, people of color receive less care — and often worse...

Women UntoldLTU student-produced documentary on women of color in STEM now up on YouTube A team of students in Lawrence Technological University’s media communication program has produced a half-hour documentary film on previously little-known...

Use of reproductive cells could create unseen woes for future generations By Jonathan Saltzman and Felice J. Freyer GLOBE STAFF A Chinese scientist’s claim that he used a powerful new gene-editing technique to change the embryonic DNA of twins drew fire...

PARIS — If the world of STEM is looking for more women role models, Véna Arielle Ahouansou and Alejandra Estanislao are candidates. Both are young and have degrees in a field involving science, technology, engineering or mathematics — the disciplines...

NEW YORK — Female physicians at some of the nation’s most prominent public medical schools earn nearly $20,000 less a year on average than their male colleagues, according to an analysis published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. Before adjusting for...

An uptick in hiring, interest and degrees earned in STEM fields has left women and most minorities behind. http://www.usnews.com/news/stem-index/articles/2015/06/29/gender-racial…

There is a significant gap in knowledge about scientific concepts along racial and ethnic lines in the U.S., according to a new Pew Research Center report released last week. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/09/15/the-race-gap-in-science...

As a young U.S. Army soldier during World War II, Rollins Edwards knew better than to refuse an assignment. When officers led him and a dozen others into a wooden gas chamber and locked the door, he didn't complain. None of them did. Then, a mixture of...

As the U.S. strives to increase interest in STEM, some students are already leaders in their fields. http://www.usnews.com/news/the-next-generation-of-stem

Saheela Ibraheem ’15 came to Harvard at 16, graduates at 20 http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/05/ahead-of-her-time/?utm_so…