Black medical professionals are advocating for an interdisciplinary approach to caring for Black pregnant patients to address maternal mortality rates, emphasizing the need for high-quality mental health care.
Black women are disproportionately affected by pregnancy-related complications, being two to four times more likely to die from such issues compared to white women. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that the majority of Black maternal deaths are preventable.
International Overdose Awareness Day serves as a moment to honor the memory of those lost to drug overdoses, support grieving families, and encourage individuals in recovery. This day...
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Members of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability are pressing Texas’ maternal mortality committee to explain its decision not to review pregnancy- and childbirth-related deaths from...
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In a retrospective cohort study published in The Lancet Oncology, Dr. Sean Miller of the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and colleagues examined the efficacy and toxicity...
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Late-stage breast cancer diagnoses have increased across all racial and ethnic groups, with Black women facing the most severe impact, according to a recent study published in Radiology....
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Despite comprising less than 15% of the U.S. female population, Black women account for 54% of new HIV infections, with 91% of cases arising from heterosexual contact. “We...
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