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Exploring 'Health Equity Tourism'
In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a new public interest in health inequities research. With this new focus, there also has come new funding with many
The Mothers of Gynecology
Episode 10 from the Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race series
Correcting Race
Certain medical instruments have built-in methods of correcting for race. Theyre based on the premise that Black bodies are inherently different from White bodies. The tool that measures kidney funct
"That Rotten Spot"
Episode 8 from the Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race series
Black Pills
In 2005 the FDA approved a pill to treat high blood preassure only in African Americans. This so-called miracle drug was named BiDil, and it became the first race-specific drug in the United States. I
Bad Blood, Bad Science
The word Tuskegeehas come to symbolize the Black communitys mistrust ofthe medical establishment. It has become American lore.However, most people dont know what actually happenedin Macon Coun
The African Burial Ground
Episode 5, Part 2 from the Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race series.
Return, Rebury, Repatriate
Episode 5, Part 1 from the Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race series.
The Vampire Project
In the 1990s a liberal population geneticist launched the Human Genome Diversity Project. The goal was to sequence the genomes of isolated and disappearing indigenous groups throughout the world.
Keepers of the Flame
In the 1970s Barry Mehler started tracking race scientists and he noticed something funny: they all had the same funding source. One wealthy man was using his incredible resources to prop up any scien