In August 2020, a leading scientific journal published an article with a curious and revolutionary finding.
The study “suggest[s] that when black newborns are cared for by black physicians, the mortality penalty they suffer, as compared with White infants, is halved.”
Brad Wilcox, Maria Baer, Lyman Stone, Deseret News
Alessia Degraeve, Campus Reform
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