Women
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Alabama’s Growing Health Equity Divide
[ad_1] The paradox of the American health-care system hits mothers hard. Despite spending the highest percentage of its gross domestic…
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Understanding Breast Cancer Racial Disparities
[ad_1] BCRF takes a look at how breast cancer affects people of color—and what our investigators are doing to close…
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Black Mothers Are More Likely to Experience Stillbirth Compared to Hispanic and White Mothers
[ad_1] Many families are affected by stillbirth, which is the loss of a baby at or after 20 weeks of…
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Black people in St. Louis at high risk of HIV
[ad_1] Knowing your HIV status is crucial, especially for Black men and women, who have the highest rate of HIV…
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U.S.-Born Black Women at Higher Risk of Preeclampsia than Foreign-Born Counterparts; Race Alone Does Not Explain Disparity
[ad_1] A novel analysis of medical records for a racially diverse group of more than 6,000 women has added to…
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Molina Healthcare of Illinois Donates $250K to Chicago’s South Side Birth Center in Support of Maternal and Infant Health Equity
[ad_1] CHICAGO, March 12, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Molina Healthcare of Illinois (“Molina”), in collaboration with The MolinaCares Accord (“MolinaCares”), donated $250,000 to…
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Access to abortion care vital to closing racial health gaps • Minnesota Reformer
[ad_1] Well-known racial disparities in health care have only worsened with the increase in abortion restrictions and bans before and…
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Social determinants of reproductive health: Race and gender
[ad_1] The U.S. has a long history of racial bias and profiling in medicine, which continue to plague the healthcare…
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Chart: Black women four times as likely to die in pregnancy
[ad_1] The 2023 report published by MBRRACE, the collaboration appointed by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership to run the national…
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What My Grandmother’s Death Taught Me About Black Women And HIV Stigma
[ad_1] Courtesy of Larada Lee The final words my grandmother spoke to me before leaving this world were “Put some…
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