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Season 52 · Episode 9
Landed Wed, 30 Apr 2025 · 21:00 your time · 1 episode · 1h 0m
Season 52, Episode 9 of NOVA aired Wednesday, 30 April 2025 at 9pm ET on PBS.
- S52E09Critical Condition: Health in Black AmericaBlack Americans are nearly twice as likely to have high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease than White Americans, and their life expectancy is about five years shorter. Why? In this special feature-length documentary, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Stanley Nelson investigates the dramatic health disparities in the U.S., even as scientists confirm that there are no meaningful genetic differences between races. From the deep history of pseudoscientific beliefs about race that still permeate modern medicine, to the latest research on how experiencing discrimination can directly damage the body's DNA and biology, "Critical Condition" reveals the factors behind the health crisis facing Black Americans.
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