‘White coats for Black lives.` Bristol doctors discuss health toll of racial injustice
(WorldNews Health)

BRISTOL — Dozens of physicians, nurses, technicians and other medical staffers stood in Bristol Hospital`s parking lot Wednesday to present a message: racism carries a health toll. Hazards ranging from diabetes and heart disease to infant mortality hit African Americans disproportionately, and part of the reason is social injustice, speakers said at the gathering. Advertisement “Racial bias is an issue that affects our patients directly by subjecting them to inequitable...