Health Equity

Does racism make us sick? Amid a national reckoning, the question gains new importance

Abstract: Racism has devastating health effects on Black people, studies show. The coronavirus pandemic and a national movement against systemic racism has magnified that stress.

Publication: San Francisco Chronicle

Date Published: August 24, 2020

Author(s): Tatiana Sánchez

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