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EPISODE · Jun 24, 2026 · 11 MIN

Race-adjusted medical test scores harm Black patients. Why do we still use them?

from Here & Now · host WBUR & NPR

For decades, the medical standard of care included race-based medical tests — or giving different scores to Black and white patients with identical test results — to determine how sick a patient might be.

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