Health reporting should help readers understand evidence without assuming that everyone has the same body, resources or access to care. We aim to reflect the people a story affects across geography, race and ethnicity, sex and gender, disability, age and income.
How this shapes our reporting
When a study focuses on a particular population or country, we should say so instead of presenting its findings as universal. We use specific, respectful language and avoid blaming people for circumstances shaped by work, cost, disability or access to services. We distinguish a difference observed in data from an explanation for that difference.
Images and examples should represent varied everyday experiences without using one person as a stand-in for an entire group. If evidence leaves people out, that limitation belongs in the story.
Help us improve
If a page uses language that excludes, misrepresents or overlooks a group, please tell the editorial team and include the page address. We review substantive feedback under our corrections policy.