Tag: Black doctors
‘Twice As Hard’: Why Entering Medicine Has Never Been Easy for Black Women
By Alexa Spencer, Word in Black
Becoming a physician has been an uphill battle for so many Black women like Jasmine Brown — a third-year...
This Device Used to Diagnose COVID-19 Doesn’t Always Work on Black Folks
By Alexa Spencer, Word in Black
As the Black community grapples with the ongoing impact of COVID-19, research shows that the faultiness of pulse oximeters...
Black Doctors March Shine Spotlight on Institutionalized Racism
By Solomon O. Smith, California Black Media
The #BlackDocsBelong campaign held a rally in Pasadena last Friday calling on Black medical doctors to join their...
Black doctors say they face discrimination based on race
By Kate Brumback, Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Dr. Dare Adewumi was thrilled when he was hired to lead the neurosurgery practice at an Atlanta-area...
In Dr. King’s Honor, CA Black Doctors Call for Urgent Action During COVID-19 Crisis
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
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Three African...