This Viewpoint highlights the effects of anti-Black racism on Black clinicians and patients, explains the difference between superficial and meaningful efforts to exert change, and itemizes meaningful actions that can assist in the effort to end systemic racism. More
Companies and rich nations are creating a deadly covid-19 vaccine “protection racket” More
Changing the system would have to wait until my foot was in the door. More
ST. LOUIS (AP) — She screamed and cried, banged on the dashboard, begging her husband to drive faster, faster, faster toward her brother lying face-down on his bedroom floor. Craig Elazer had struggled all his life with anxiety so bad his whole body would shake. More
Between 2017 and 2018, Black patients had a 60% higher chance of dying after a liver transplant than white patients. More
How would critical race theory translate to medical school curricula? For starters, race would be taught as a social, not a biological, construct. More
Female surgeons miscarry pregnancies more often than other women, and difficult working conditions are a factor, Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers found. More
All Americans should have access to the most effective medications indicated for their conditions. That's pharmacoequity. More
In this issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, there is a timely and important study about the association between eligibility for Medicare at age 65 years and racial and ethnic disparities in access to care and health in the US. More
Even 25 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, people with disabilities make up fewer than 3% of U.S. med students. More