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Former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is doing his part to combat the COVID-19 pandemic by donating $100 million to Black aspiring doctors. Bloomberg Philanthropies intends to give the donation to medical schools at four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) over the next four years.

In an opinion piece for CNN titled “To save Black lives, we need more Black doctors,” Bloomberg admits that one of the many reasons Black Americans are dying from COVID-19 at unreasonable rates is because of unjust health care.

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