Modern research shows that the lack of Black doctors helps explain why about 70% of Black people don’t trust their doctors.
Licensed psychologist Dr. Ebony Butler addresses Black mental health and managing aches and pains rooted in emotional distress.
Morgan State University will make history as the first HBCU to open a medical school in 45 years.
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $12 million to a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating medical school expenses for BIPOC students.
The skill set of being a successful college athlete is very similar to mental makeup you need to be a successful doctor, which makes it a perfect path for the many black student athletes who don't go pro.
Morehouse School of Medicine and CommonSpirit Health are on a mission to increase the representation of Black doctors.
Sandra Lindsay, an ICU nurse, was the first person in New York State to receive the shot, during a livestream shared by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
A group of Black Philadelphia-based doctors is on a mission to ensure that communities of color have access to adequate COVID-19 testing.
Patrice A. Harris has officially become the American Medical Association’s first Black woman president.
O’Neal’s medical school classmates remember her as an “advocate” for young Black doctors.
A Delta Airlines flight attendant doubted that a Black female is a doctor when another passenger becomes unresponsive during a flight. She shares the humiliating incident on Facebook.
Xavier University of Louisiana, located in a western neighborhood of New Orleans, produces the highest number of Black medical students in the nation, the New York Times reports. After becoming Loyola University’s first African-American law student in 1952, former President Norman Francis, took his skills and journeyed to Xavier University in efforts to raise the amount of […]
