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Black Maternal Health Week in Chicago events raise awareness of disparities women face
12 Apr 2025 18:59 GMT
… to address racial disparities in maternal health outcomes through Illinois … outcomes.
From the healthcare system and providers, … includes vendors, a health symposium with community medical … and engagement with doulas, healthcare professionals and more.
When …
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Doulas, midwives and lawmakers challenge erasure of Black women in maternal health care
11 Apr 2025 21:32 GMT
… racist attitudes in the medical care setting.
“Here in … commitment to addressing racial disparities in maternal health.
“Every mom … threaten to strip essential health care from Michigan families, … access to health care while closing systemic racial gaps.”
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DOJ ends oversight of county accused of racial gaps — where 'kids play in sewage pools'
11 Apr 2025 21:45 GMT
The Trump administration Justice Department is terminating a landmark consent decree established under the Biden administration with Lowndes County, Alabama, over accusations of racially discriminatory sanitation policies, reported The New York Times' …
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Stroke deaths and their racial disparities increased over last 20 years
11 Apr 2025 04:39 GMT
Over the last two decades, ischemic stroke mortality rates in the U.S. have grown, with almost 3 in 10 deaths occurring at home, and increases particularly among racial minorities and rural residents. These growing disparities were among the findings of a …
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Racial Disparities Seen in Unintentional Overdose Mortality
10 Apr 2025 11:51 GMT
… University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City, and … sex-specific White and Black racial disparities in drug poisoning mortality across …
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Black Maternal Health Week kicks off today. Has the needle moved on the Black maternal health crisis?
11 Apr 2025 21:52 GMT
… “reproductive injustices and health inequities” that disproportionately … restorative approaches to maternal health care,” reads a statement … progress in diminishing racial disparities in the hospitals … Black maternal and infant healthcare in Virginia,” Felicia …
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Collective action is needed to transform the painful legacies of Black maternal health
11 Apr 2025 21:05 GMT
… white counterparts. In Philadelphia, racial disparities in birth outcomes persist. … she can enter the health-care system with greater confidence … cracks of our fragmented health-care system.
The most … realities of racism in health care.
Together, we can …
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Gov. Whitmer recognizes Black Maternal Health Week in Michigan
11 Apr 2025 19:13 GMT
… to strip essential health care from Michigan families, … access to health care while closing systemic racial gaps.”
The … medical care, and a lack of access to essential maternal health … resources. Protecting Black maternal health is not just a healthcare …
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Racial Disparities in Stroke Mortality Have Widened Over the Past Two Decades
09 Apr 2025 20:58 GMT
Over the past twenty years, the landscape of ischemic stroke mortality in the United States has undergone significant changes, raising pressing concerns about health equity and access to care. A groundbreaking study conducted by Jason Lim and colleagues …
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Tufts students step up for Black women's health with Line Dance Dance-A-Thon fundraiser
11 Apr 2025 12:49 GMT
… descent on reproductive health issues that disproportionately … uncertainty for public health services, especially considering … budgets for state health services, a decision … health disparities and more.
Racial disparities in accessing quality healthcare are …