About this episode
Chicago public health legend and retired physician Linda Rae Murray, MD, discusses systemic racism and the pandemic's disproportionate effect among African Americans and other people of color with JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Jennifer Abbasi. Dr Murray is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and a past president of the American Public Health Association. Related: Taking a Closer Look at COVID-19, Health Inequities, and Racism