Mike Bloomberg gives $100 million to Black medical students [View all]
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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