A new study spanning 70 years of U.S. mortality data reveals that Black children have consistently faced significantly higher death rates than White children, with racial disparities in survival worsening despite medical advances. Researchers attribute nearly 690,000 preventable Black childhood deaths to systemic racism and structural inequities, calling the findings a national crisis demanding urgent policy reform.

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