Mike Bloomberg gives $100 million to Black medical students
Source: CBS News
Mike Bloomberg is donating $100 million to four historically Black medical schools in a bid to improve medical care for Black Americans, who are more likely than Whites to die at nearly all stages of life, including during the coronavirus pandemic.
The former New York City mayor's donation means about 800 medical students at four schools Charles R. Drew University of Science and Medicine in Los Angeles; Howard University College of Medicine in Washington; Meharry Medical College in Nashville; and Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta will get scholarships worth up to $100,000 to help fund their education.
Bloomberg's contribution is expected to cover scholarships to nearly every medical student currently enrolled and receiving financial aid over the next four years at the schools.
Black Americans, who are twice as likely to die from COVID-19 as whites, have better health care outcomes when treated by Black doctors, Bloomberg noted in announcing the donation.
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SWBTATTReg
(22,100 posts)everyone's school, but I can't recall 100% of the details, a truly remarkable gift. Man, such generosity and then we have the fruit loop in the WH as a comparison. Pretty sad, isn't it?
George II
(67,782 posts)JI7
(89,244 posts)Lucky Luciano
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At the end of the speech he said he will pay off all the student debt for the entire graduating class.
SWBTATTReg
(22,100 posts)for this students, such a nice and grand thing to do, for these students. Amazing what the human race is capable of, and these are the kinds of people I want to hear from on a daily basis, not the idiot in the WH. Thanks for your help and information (all of you DUers) and be safe, and careful!
Budi
(15,325 posts)Oh, wait....
This is an amazing & well directed gift that will carry on well into the future.
Thank you Mr Bloomberg.
JI7
(89,244 posts)ihas2stinkyfeet
(1,400 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,250 posts)congressional and other candidates. Did I dream this? Howsomever, this is a wonderful thing for him to do. I love this.
I have a fondness for Meharry from my days in Nashville. I did some Medicare auditing over there and loved all the staff I was able to meet.
These schools are so vital!