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. 2020 Sep 11;369(6509):1313-1314.
doi: 10.1126/science.abd4842.

NIH must confront the use of race in science

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NIH must confront the use of race in science

Michael Yudell et al. Science. .
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A member of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, formed to help address health disparities in the African American community, tests a patient. Racial disparities in COVID-19 cases are better explained by structural racism than by genetic differences.

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