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Black Americans are more likely than white Americans to develop Alzheimer’s disease. They are less likely to be diagnosed and get treatment. The reasons are many and systemic and can be traced to American health inequities that follow Black people from birth to death.
Black women in the U.S. are nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy or delivery than any other race. Some doctors don't take their concerns seriously. This is the first story in a five-part AP series examining health disparities experienced by Black Americans.
Black women in the U.S. are nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy or delivery than any other race. Some doctors don't take their concerns seriously. This is the first story in a five-part AP series examining health disparities experienced by Black Americans.
The drivers of the youth mental health crisis for Black children begin early and persist through a lifetime. Black children’s first encounters with racism can start before they are even in school, an AP project examining health disparities for Black Americans found.
Black children are more likely to have asthma than kids of any other race in America. This disparity is rooted in racist housing laws in the nation’s past, according to a yearlong AP project looking at health challenges faced by Black Americans.