The Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health, known as the Heckler Report, published in 1985, the United States has made remarkable strides in public health since 1900 with Americans living longer due to advances in medical technology; yet, Black and African American life expectancy lagged that of Whites and Caucasians by nearly 6 years. In 2020, minority patients continue to face barriers to healthcare. Even more egregious is the higher infant mortality rate for black babies as a group compared to white infants. My wife and I explore what black people specifically tend to face when they visit a doctor.Email: [email protected] & IG @headcoldpodPatreon: www.patreon.com/headcoldpodSources:For black mothers and babies, prejudice is a stubborn health risk by Catharine Richertwww.mprnews.org/story/2019/08/19/for-black-mothers-and-babies-prejudice-is-a-stubborn-health-riskImplicit Bias and Racial Disparities in Health Care by Khiara M. Bridgeswww.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/the-state-of-healthcare-in-the-united-states/racial-disparities-in-health-care/Racism and discrimination in health care: Providers and patients POSTED JANUARY 16, 2017, 9:30 AM Monique Tello, MD, MPHMonique Tello, MD, MPH Contributorwww.health.harvard.edu/blog/racism-discrimination-health-care-providers-patients-2017011611015The Dilemma of the Black Patient Dec 5, 2019 By YOLONDA Y. WILSON, PhDthehealthcareblog.com/blog/2019/12/05/the-dilemma-of-the-black-patient/Medical Examiner: Woman Died of Blood Clot to Lungs - Updated By: Kevin Clarkwww.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Woman-Dies-Shortly-after-Being-Arrested-in-Blountstown-363282091.htmlI’m a black physician. I understand when patients say they don’t trust medicine | Opinion Updated: July 14, 2019 - 8:00 AM Armen Henderson, for the Inquirerwww.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/racism-medicine-health-disparities-patient-trust-20190714.htmlPuerto Rico and the United States, 1917-1933 By Truman R. Clark · 1975www.google.com/books/edition/_/tDZtGZoFSGYC?hl=en&gbpv=0Black patients, black physicians and the need to improve health outcomes for African Americans - By Erika Stallingswww.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-patients-black-physicians-need-improve-health-outcomes-african-americans-n1000696American Journal of Public Health. The Myth of Innate Racial Differences Between White and Black People’s Bodies: Lessons From the 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Rana Asali Hogarth, PhD. The American Journal of Public HeSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)