US pediatricians’ group moves to ban race-based medical guidance

Step by American Academy of Pediatrics comes amid concern that Black youngsters have been under-treated and overlooked

The American Academy of Pediatrics is attempting to ban race-based medical guidance which the organization attributes to long-standing inequities in healthcare.

In a statement on Monday, the AAP said: Race is a historically-derived social construct that has no place as a biologic proxy. Over the years, the medical field has inaccurately applied race correction or race adjustment factors in its work, resulting in differential approaches to disease management and disparate clinical outcomes."