Stories by A. Kyle Mack

A. Kyle Mack, MD, is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; an attending physician at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and a former Public Voices Fellow with the The OpEd Project.

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OpinionJune 20, 2021

Some Medical Examiners Say Sickle Cell Trait Causes Sudden Death—They’re Wrong

The genetic factor that contributed most to the deaths of 47 Black men in police custody was the color of their skin, not the contents of their red blood cells

A. Kyle Mack, Rachel S. Bercovitz, Hannah Lust