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Racism is a public health issue. Here's why

KFF Health News journalist Cara Anthony has been covering racism and the ways it can affect people's health for years. The project is about two killings of Black men that happened decades apart in Sikeston, Mo.: a lynching in1942 and a police shooting in 2020. Michael B. Thomas for KFF Health News hide caption

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Racism is a public health issue. Here's why

Racism is often covered as a political, cultural, or news story. But how is it affecting people's health? That's the question Cara Anthony, a KFF News reporter, wanted to answer: not just on an individual scale, but on a community-wide one. So for the past few years, she's been reporting on a small town in the Midwest that illustrates that health issue: Sikeston, Missouri. Today on the show, Cara walks host Emily Kwong through Sikeston's history — and what locals and medical experts have to say about how that history continues to shape the present.

Racism is a public health issue. Here's why

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How poverty and racism 'weather' the body, accelerating aging and disease

Public health professor Arline Geronimus says marginalized people suffer nearly constant stress, which leads to increasingly serious health problems over time. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption

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How poverty and racism 'weather' the body, accelerating aging and disease

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Public health professor Arline Geronimus explains how marginalized people suffer nearly constant stress, which damages their bodies at the cellular level. Her new book is Weathering.

How poverty and racism 'weather' the body, accelerating aging and disease

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