A Black medical student whose medical illustrations featuring a Black pregnant woman went viral in 2021 has sparked a nationwide initiative to diversify images in medicine. The illustrator is ...

Yet a 2018 study found that only 4.5% of the images in medical textbooks feature darker skin tones. The lack of diversity in medical illustration can be dangerous. In dermatology, for instance ...

The abundance in Black skin of melanin, the pigment that gives skin its color, offers extra protection from damaging ...

A guide to self-checking Black skin. By Brian Vines Maya Angelou has long been credited with saying, “Do the best you can ...

In darker or Black skin, patches will likely appear purplish or gray, rather than red. About 1.5 percent of Black adults in the United States have psoriasis, but they are less likely than white ...