Can a pill redress social and racial injustice?

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 09:30 in Health & Medicine

In 2005, the Food and Drug Administration approved a drug that promised to treat heart failure in African Americans, who are disproportionately affected by the disease in the United States. The medicine, commonly known as BiDil, became the first race-based prescription drug in the U.S., and it was received with much fanfare and applause. Groups such as … Continue reading Can a pill redress social and racial injustice?

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