AdvertisementMaking The Case That Discrimination Is Bad For Your HealthJanuary 14, 2018Gene DembyfacebookEmailShalon Irving, a public health researcher who worked for the Centers for Disease Control and and Prevention who was studying the physical toll that discrimination exacts on physical health, died just a few weeks after giving birth to her daughter, Soleil. Black women are 243% more likely than white women to die during or shortly after childbirth. (NPR)