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Black biomedical scientists still lag in research funding – here's why that matters to all Americans

  • Written by Omolola Eniola-Adefeso, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan Medical School
imageBlack biomedical researchers receive less funding than their white counterparts.hyejin kang/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The statistics tell the story. People of color are more likely to be infected, hospitalized and killed by COVID-19 than white, non-Hispanic people. This grim reality is just one more illustration of an unacceptable truth: Science...

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