Science Dec 05 Study retracted: How police shootings of unarmed black Americans could be harming the health of black infants New research finds that black mothers who were exposed to police shootings of unarmed black Americans during pregnancy were more likely to give birth to infants who were born prematurely or with low birth weight. Living within 1 kilometer of…
Health Oct 26 Widely used algorithm for follow-up care in hospitals is racially biased, study finds An algorithm commonly used by hospitals and other health systems to predict which patients are most likely to need follow-up care classified white patients overall as being more ill than black patients — even when they were just as sick,…