PBS NOVA reached out to Child and Adolescent Development faculty Virginia Huynh, among several experts, for a recent article about how "allostatic load" from the stress of racism can affect health and resistance to illness--especially in the midst of the pandemic.  Huynh's studies have pointed out that racism does not have to be overt to raise stress and compromise health. Microaggressions, the frequent, seemingly-subtle expressions that say "you're different and therefore less-than" compound to disrupt multiple regulatory systems. Read more from Virginia Huynh and PBS NOVA