Dermatologists and general practitioners are somewhat less accurate in diagnosing disease in darker skin, a new study finds. Used correctly, AI may be able to help.

MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges.

Study finds climate policy alone cannot meaningfully reduce racial/economic disparities in air pollution exposure.

MIT researchers investigate the causes of health-care disparities among underrepresented groups.

A collaboration between MIT and Miami-Dade County has students working with city planning officials to understand why people wait patiently for a bus — and why they bail.

But the harm from a discriminatory AI system can be minimized if the advice it delivers is properly framed, an MIT team has shown.

Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds.

In a new book, MIT political scientist Evan Lieberman examines a quarter-century of post-Apartheid government and finds meaningful progress.

The findings suggest voting by incarcerated people is unlikely to affect electoral outcomes, in contrast to some assumptions.

Results show infection rates increase across communities; individuals in low-income areas and those in poor health are at highest risk.