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Although asthma cannot be cured, you can control your asthma successfully to reduce and to prevent asthma attacks, also called episodes. Successful asthma management includes knowing the warning signs of an attack, avoiding things that may trigger an attack, and following the advice of your healthcare provider.

Please take a moment to sign this petition to demand that Congress pass the Maternal Care Act to save the lives of mothers of color!

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Monique Rodriquez is the founder and CEO of Mielle Organics, a skin and hair care company that uses natural ingredients to bring organic products to market.

Tressie McMillan Cottom was four months pregnant when she was rushed to the hospital for extreme pain and bleeding. Cottom said she arrived and the hospital staff made her sit in a waiting room for about 30 minutes as she cried and bled on a chair.

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. American Lung Association to Reduce Asthma-related ER and Hospital Visits for Communities Most Burdened by Asthma April 8, 2021 GMT American Lung Association logo (PRNewsfoto/American Lung Association) CHICAGO, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In the U.S., 24.8 million people are living with asthma, including 5.5 million children. Without proper management of the disease, asthma symptoms can worsen and resu...

Can the Maternal CARE Act fail moms?  37 Shares In 2018, then-Senator Kamala Harris introduced the Maternal CARE (Care Access and Reducing Emergencies) Act and added the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020.  Collectively, both pieces of legislation would create a task force to study sobering disparities in medical care based on race, combat racial implicit biases in the medical field, and close gaps in access to quality medical care for pregnant African American mothers.  The impetus ...