Lara Salahi
Distinguished Professor of Journalism at Endicott College
Digital Producer at NBCUniversal Media
Journalist| J- Professor | Editor | Author, "Outbreak Culture" & one on the way | Quadrilingual | 🖊 Let me just write that down
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3 weeks ago |
healthjournalism.org | Lara Salahi
Health care segregation isn’t just a relic of the past. In 2025, patients of color and those insured through Medicaid often receive care at different outpatient clinics than their white, commercially insured counterparts. This segregation isn’t legally mandated — but it’s structurally ingrained, and it has real consequences for health outcomes, medical education, and systemic equity.
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1 month ago |
healthjournalism.org | Lara Salahi
Organ transplants hit a record high last year, but despite years of trying to level the playing field, getting a new organ is still a game of chance where your odds depend on the color of your skin, the size of your wallet and your zip code. A recent study published in JAMA Network Open serves up a stark reminder: If you’re Black, you’re less likely to even make it to a lung transplant evaluation compared to your white counterparts.
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1 month ago |
healthjournalism.org | Lara Salahi
While telehealth is expanding access to substance use disorder treatment in rural areas, a new study suggests that it’s failing to adequately serve Medicaid beneficiaries, as they are less likely than the privately insured to access substance use disorder treatment. For journalists covering rural health disparities, the Medicaid cliff and the promises (and pitfalls) of telehealth, these findings demand a closer look at who’s really benefiting from the telehealth boom, and why.
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2 months ago |
healthjournalism.org | Lara Salahi
Much of the news coverage on the ongoing immigration crisis at the Mexico-United States border has been framed in terms of politics, economics and security. However, a less visible but equally critical dimension also demands attention: the profound public health challenges impacting migrants and border communities.
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2 months ago |
healthjournalism.org | Lara Salahi
Brazil is the world’s largest consumer of pesticides. However, the health effects of the widespread use of these chemicals are often underreported. Journalists Sílvia Lisboa and Carla Ruas tackled this issue in their investigative story, which examined how pesticides disproportionately impact children in rural agricultural areas.
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