How Black Americans Lost 80 Million Years of Life to Racism

In this video, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, sits down with Karol Watson, MD, PhD, and Chima Ndumele, MPH, PhD, to discuss their recent study published in JAMA, which found that the Black population in the U.S. experienced 1.63 million excess deaths in the past 20 years, representing more than 80 million years of potential life lost.

The study can be read here:

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