Renee Winkfield, chair of the nursing department at Howard University, administers a vaccine on Feb. 11. Photo: Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Four historically Black medical schools are getting $600 million from Michael Bloomberg's philanthropic organization to bolster their endowments.
Why it matters: The medical profession needs more diversity to ensure it's adequately serving the public and avoiding blind spots.
And Black people are particularly underrepresented among physicians.
Driving the news: Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced $175 million each for Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College and Morehouse School of Medicine, and $75 million to Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science.
A new medical school in New Orleans, Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine, is also getting $5 million in seed funding.
