July 21, 2025 | Benjamin Daniel
For Boston’s Asian women, a mobile mammogram van has helped close a huge health equity gap
Sarah Akaaboune, Jessica Chomik-Morales, Mackenzie White, and Celina Zhao, students in MIT’s Graduate Program in Science Writing, produced a feature for GBH about a mobile mammogram program that’s closing a health equity gap for Asian women. “According to the 2023 Health of Boston report, Asian women are getting screened at rates on par with the citywide average of 77%,” the story notes.
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