Across America, the most advanced stroke treatments are arriving unevenly — shaped not by the severity of illness alone, but by the enduring geometries of race, place, and poverty. Three studies presented this week at a national neurointerventional surgery conference draw from hundreds of thousands of patient records to confirm what many have long suspected: Black patients and rural residents are less likely to receive life-saving procedures, and the gap grows precisely when the need is greatest. The research suggests that closing this divide will require not a single remedy but a reckoning wi
Three studies reveal persistent racial, geographic gaps in U.S. stroke care
Black patients and rural residents experience higher stroke mortality and lower access to life-saving endovascular thrombectomy procedures, with disparities increasing as stroke severity worsens.