A Black Woman Was Used as the Face of the Covid-19 Vaccine
As mistrust of the Covid-19 vaccine remains high within the Black community, a Black ICU nurse was administered the shot on broadcast TV.
The Death of Michael Hickson Exemplifies Medical Racism
Forty-six-year-old quadriplegic Michael Hickson died early last month in Austin, Texas, after he was diagnosed with coronavirus. The hospital in which he was staying determined he had little “quality of life” remaining before they stopped his treatment. While driving his wife Melissa Hickson to work in 2017, Michael suffered from cardiac arrest, which gave him […]
South Africa’s Covid-19 Frontlines Are Leaving Black Nurses Exposed
In this Opinion piece, M Thandiwe Ntshinga, who lives in South Africa, writes about what she sees as racial disparities between black and white nurses in her country. Behind the scenes of the Covid-10 pandemic in South Africa, not everyone in the medical field is playing their part in stopping the virus. In fact, our […]
