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An organized bus tour takes Black pregnant people to hospitals and clinics around Los Angeles to help them make informed decisions about their healthcare.

According to the CDC, Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women.

Than a white guy who understands that hes done the wrong thing, with pound his hands, and that is discretion can do something much more serious and powerful to make amends for what he did that was wrong. i think governor ralph northam is a perfect example of a guy who was concerned about black maternity. he was concerned about the taking down the robert e. lee statue. hughes concerned about restoring the lights to 10,000 felons who are primarily black. and on and on, he made good his promise to ...

A common tool made vaginal births after C-sections, or VBACs, appear more risky for women of color, Consumer Reports says. A widely used calculator pushed more Black and Hispanic women toward second C-sections.

Four win Jacobus Fellowship, Princeton’s top graduate student honor Julie Clack and Denise Valenti, Office of Communications April 30, 2021 9 a.m. Photo by Nick Barberio, Office of Communications Alexandra Middleton, Pranav Mundada, Ian Ochs and Margarita Rosa have been named winners of the 2020-21 Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, Princeton University’s top honor for graduate students. The fellowships support their final year of study at Princeton and are awarded to one Ph.D. stu...

Posted By Mary Kuhlman, Ohio News Connection on Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 9:41 AM click to enlarge April is National Minority Health month COLUMBUS, Ohio — Some Ohio healthcare advocates say policies are needed to improve health outcomes for Black mothers and their babies. According to state data, Black women in Ohio are more than twice as likely to die from ...