Race-based medicine and scientific racism has led to undertreatment of Black patients, dismissal of pain and even death, Blackstock stressed. Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s comment about vaccines in the Black community has medical experts worried. Such stances may lead to more mistrust in the health care system. Trust needs to be paramount for health care as an institution, Bervell said. “The trust is already eroded in health care,” Bervell explained.

Source: Huffington Post August 04, 2025 20:36 UTC