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Medicine must stop using race and ethnicity to interpret test results

Medicine must stop using race and ethnicity to interpret test results

10 November 2021

Relying on race and ethnicity when interpreting medical test results can harm patients. It must stop, say Layal Liverpool and Jennifer Tsai
We must start publishing ethnicity data for covid-19 vaccinations

We must start publishing ethnicity data for covid-19 vaccinations

15 January 2021

The race to vaccinate as many people as possible against covid-19 is under way, but unless countries track who receives the vaccine we won’t be able to ensure the benefits are spread equitably, says Layal Liverpool

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