Fortune January 22, 2025
Steve Beard, Ngozi Ezike

This commentary is from Adtalem Global Education, a sponsor of Fortune Brainstorm AI. Steve Beard is the chairman and CEO of Adtalem and Dr. Ngozi Ezike is the president and CEO of Sinai Chicago.

Health outcomes in the U.S. can vary widely depending on the color of one’s skin.

African Americans were 30% more likely than white people to die prematurely from heart disease in 2019 and Black men are two to three times as likely to die prematurely from stroke, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health. Black women are two to three times more likely than white women to die from pregnancy-related complications, according to the Centers for Disease Control...

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