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Q&A: Linda Villarosa Took on the Perils of Medical Racism. She Found Black Americans ‘Live Sicker and Die Quicker’

Inside Climate News · By Victoria St. Martin · last updated
In her book “Under the Skin,” the veteran journalist offers a cradle-to-grave examination of how bias negatively affects health care for people of color—and why climate change will exacerbate health disparities further.

By Victoria St. Martin

So much has been reported, written and researched about Black maternal and infant mortality that veteran journalist Linda Villarosa at first wondered what else was left to say.

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