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A Black doctor died from COVID-19 after she posted a video from her hospital bed saying she was being mistreated: ‘This is how Black people get killed.’

Dr. Susan Moore, a Black physician in Indianapolis, died December 20 from COVID-19 after documenting what she said was mistreatment due to her race.  Moore said her reports of pain were only acknowledged when scans confirmed worsening lung complications, and that she was discharged too early. "Those people were trying to kill me," she said. 

Chadwick Boseman worked through colon cancer. 3 other people with the illness talked to Insider about what that’s really like.

After Chadwick Boseman's tragic death from colon cancer at age 43, fans and celebrities lauded everything the "Black Panther" actor accomplished in his too-short life. Some people with cancer said they found the discourse was rooted in misconceptions about living with the disease, as if it's a sudden acute illness rather than a disability.  Not