This article is a continuation of last week’s story that looked at the evolution of human skin color. To review, the first humans had light skin that was covered in hair all over their bodies. These ...

In this episode, Dr. Tina Lasisi walks us through how we genetically inherit skin color. Have you ever been convinced that you’re adopted because your parents have a radically different skin color?

When dermatologist Jenna Lester learned that rashes on skin and toes were a symptom of Covid-19, she started searching the medical literature for images of what the rashes looked like on Black skin so ...

Common conditions often manifest differently on dark skin. Yet physicians are trained mostly to diagnose them on white skin. Dr. Jenna Lester, director of the skin of color program at University of ...