In 1992, Arline Geronimus attributed black-white differences in maternal age, maternal health, and infant health to the stress of the lived experience of race in America – or weathering. This *NYT Magazine* story discusses the weathering factor, as well as racial disparities in health care, in examining the “tragedy of black infant mortality” in the US.

More about Geronimus offered an explanation for the black-white gap in maternal and infant health 25 years ago >