US Air Force and Space Force’s women and non-white members are treated differently than their white, male counterparts, the service’s independent watchdog has found.

Dr Moore, herself a physician, believed that she had not been taken seriously by the doctors and had been refused treatment due to her race. She died of COVID-19 after being discharged from against her will.

Black newborn babies in the US are more likely to survive childbirth if they are cared for by Black doctors, a study shows.