Top JAMA editor steps down after colleague questioned whether racism exists in health care

The American Medical Association, which oversees the journal, announced Tuesday that Dr. Howard Bauchner will step down from his role by the end of this month. The move comes after months of backlash from numerous physicians and researchers in the medical community. The controversy began in February when an episode of the journal’s podcast about racism in the medical community was published. “Structural racism is an unfortunate term,” Dr. Edward Livingston, another editor at JAMA, said in the podcast, according