Race mortality gap narrows, except for infants — Harvard Gazette

Race mortality gap narrows, except for infants — Harvard Gazette

Diane Macdonald/Getty Images Health Mortality rates between Black, white Americans narrow — except in case of infants 70-year study finds widening gap despite longer life expectancy for both racial groups Anna Gibbs Harvard Correspondent April 1, 2025 5 min read Americans are living longer than ever. And the disparity in overall mortality rates between Black and white Americans has narrowed…

‘Undermines the narrative’: Scholars left out data in study finding black newborns do better with black doctors

Professor’s note on draft says data ‘undermines the narrative,’ according to documents obtained by open records.

Key Study on Racial Bias in Medicine Faces Integrity Questions - American Faith

A widely cited study suggesting black newborns are more likely to survive when treated by black doctors is now under scrutiny after evidence emerged that a key data point was deliberately omitted. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in 2020, has been used to justify affirmative action policies and the push for racial diversity in medical training. Newly obtained internal notes reveal that the lead autho…

EXCLUSIVE: Researchers Axed Data Point Undermining ‘Narrative’ That White Doctors Are Biased Against Black Babies

A seminal paper claiming black newborns fare better with black doctors omitted a key finding.

TIL the often-cited study that says that black babies cared for by white doctors died at a higher rate than those cared for by black doctors was a lie. Black babies with a higher chance of dying tended to be cared for by white doctors, which skewed the st

Researchers Axed Data Point Undermining ‘Narrative’ That White Doctors Are Biased Against Black Babies

A researcher who argued that infant mortality is higher for black newborns with white doctors because of racial bias omitted a variable from the paper.