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Today's health news round up includes NEJM's racist history, pap smears for cervical cancer, and abortion 'companion networks.'

The survey found that 80% of nurses have experienced or seen racist treatment by patients, and 60% have experienced or seen it by colleagues.

Black Americans endured over 1.6 million more excess deaths in the last two decades compared to white Americans.

Black Americans endured over 1.6 million more excess deaths in the last two decades compared to white Americans.

Black Americans endured over 1.6 million more excess deaths in the last two decades compared to white Americans.

Black Americans endured over 1.6 million more excess deaths in the last two decades compared to white Americans.

This week, a look at the people fighting to preserve public health, from doctors in Ukraine, to nurses from Ghana. Plus, in the US Black medical residents are being dismissed at an alarming rate. We’ll hear from a doctor who says she had no choice but to leave, and Usha Lee McFarling, the reporter who broke her story.

Isaac Fitzgerald joins us to discuss his new memoir "Dirtbag, Massachusetts," detailing a difficult childhood and finding community in unlikely places. And, two new reports reveal patients with darker skin received less accurate pulse oximeter readings which can affect their care. STATs Usha Lee McFarling tells us more.

The two federal programs intended to compensate people injured by vaccines or pandemic countermeasures are fielding thousands of claims unlikely to be resolved — or paid out — anytime soon.

As a doctor, both what I know and how I have come to know it have continued to be shaped by the privileging of white norms and experiences.