At 33, James and her twin, Brandi Jackson, have taken on the medical establishment in pioneering work to eliminate racism in medicine. They’re seeking federal legislation to require hospitals to reveal outcomes by race, with penalties for those where Black patients consistently fare worse. They’ve helped created an online support group to help like-minded, stressed-out Black doctors heal and strategize. The group excluded Black doctors from its ranks for over 100 years, and even today, just 5% of all U.S. physicians are Black. --A commonly used algorithm for kidney function gauges it differently in Black patients, potentially leading to undertreatment of kidney disease.

Source: ABC News May 13, 2021 15:29 UTC