While Smith and Peck attended traditionally white medical schools, it was the founding of African American medical schools that permitted future students to feel a sense of community. Howard ...

The Trump administration's crackdown on DEI programs could exacerbate an unexpectedly steep drop in diversity among medical ...

3% of doctors. For medical schools, AAMC data indicates that Black or African American students made up 10% of total matriculants in 2023-24, down from 10.2% in 2022-23; matriculants of Hispanic ...

According to the "Diversity in Medicine" report published in 2019 by the Association of American Medical Colleges ... a quick fix at the level of the medical school admissions committee.

In 1929, he started medical school at McGill University in Canada ... to label the blood with each donor's race and to refuse African American donors. Despite his protests that the policy was ...

Dr. Melvin Echols discusses hypertension's impact on Black Americans and shares advice on diet, exercise, and preventive care ...