Billionaire Mike Bloomberg announced Tuesday that his organization is donating $600 million to four historically Black medical schools.
Why it matters: The four institutions are responsible for graduating roughly half of all Black doctors in the country, but are "significantly underfunded" due to discriminatory practices and less federal and state support, Bloomberg Philanthropies said in a press release.
The World Health Organization is weighing discussions on whether to declare an international public health emergency as a deadlier strain of mpox spreads in Africa.
Why it matters: Vaccines and public health surveillance could control the virus, which is killing about 3% of those infected with a new strain in Africa this year and spreading via sex, Sciencereports.
