A biased test kept Black people from getting kidney transplant. It's finally changing
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Jazmin Evans was waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put on the transplant list in 2015 instead of 2019, and a racially biased organ test was to blame.
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A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing
At issue is a once widely used test that overestimated how well their kidneys functioned, making them look healthier than they really were.
A racially biased medical test for years kept Black people from getting kidney transplants. A new study shows a national plan to remedy the harm is working.
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