Editor of top US medical journal put on leave amid outcry over racism podcast

Jama's Howard Bauchner replaced by interim editor after offensive' remarks by deputy on podcast about structural racism

The editor-in-chief of Jama, the Journal of the American Medical Association, has been placed on leave amid controversy over comments about structural racism made on a podcast by one of his deputies.

The New York Times reported that the American Medical Association told staff on Thursday Dr Howard Bauchner would be replaced by an interim editor while an investigation was carried out.