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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Julia Musto

More Black babies are dying than white infants. Scientists are blaming healthcare inequality

Although the disparity in the number of overall deaths reported between Black and white Americans has narrowed over the course of the last 75 years, researchers say that the same does not hold true for infants.

Black infants are dying at twice the rate of white infants – and it’s largely thanks to healthcare inequality.

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