Health Equity

A yearslong push to remove racist bias from kidney testing gains new ground

Abstract: Doctors and medical students have warned for years that a common kidney test is racist and dangerously inaccurate. Their appeals are gaining new traction.

Publication: STAT

Date Published: July 17, 2020

Author(s): Theresa Gaffney

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