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‘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. Voice & Viewpoint Newswire Three African...