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Racial Stereotypes Are Making Americans Sicker

Flawed racial narratives make people sick. Literally sick. Direct examples of this come from medical settings, where it’s been documented again and again that medical staff treat people of different races differently, especially when it comes to cardiac care. These differences are largely reflections of broader inequality, but not exclusively, because these differences remain even… Read More »

Black premature babies face racial disparities in healthcare, study says

Adobe Stock Images Black preemies face higher chances that they will receive poor prenatal care than white, Asian-American and Hispanic babies, and this is partially due to the quality of their parents’ healthcare as well as segregation, according to a JAMA Pediatrics study released last week. The study looked at black newborn babies born prematurely… Read More »