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Why minority representation in medical research is a matter of life and death

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English - October 30, 2019 22:25 - 9 minutes - 17.2 MB - ★★★★ - 967 ratings
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U.S. racial and ethnic diversity is ever increasing, but the medical representation of minority groups is not. A recent review of government-funded cancer research studies found that participants were disproportionately white, and fewer than 2 percent of these clinical trials focused on minorities specifically. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports on the problem and efforts to correct it.