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How one reporter covered the removal of race from common algorithms
In 2020, an NEJM publication highlighted the widespread misuse of race as a proxy for discrimination and genetic ancestry in medical algorithms. That publication and growing social awareness of the harms of racism re-invigorated long-simmering efforts to fix biases caused by the misuse of race. Since then, researchers and clinicians have worked to update old…
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How to cover the new race-free lung function calculator
A centuries-old device is still used in modern clinics to estimate a person’s lung function. The spirometer measures how much air a person can breathe in and forcefully breathe out, and how fast they do so. Their lung function is then calculated relative to a predicted normal range. What’s considered normal varies depending on a…
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