Overall Preterm Birth Rates in the United States Increased Last Year — And They Rose for Women of Color
+ Infographic text Preterm or premature birth means childbirth before the 37th week of pregnancy. 10.5% of babies in the
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Do Ethnicity and Race Put People at Higher Risk for Head and Neck Cancers?
If you’re Black, your risk of developing head and neck cancer — which consists of cancers of the lips, mouth,
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In 2012, Adrienne Moore noticed her menstrual cycles were changing. Her periods were becoming irregular, and they came with heavy
Read moreThe Importance of Black Dermatologists: Skin Care Must See Color
The dentist’s office was the last place I expected to be warned about skin cancer. When my hygienist lifted my
Read moreA Conversation With Dr. Octavia Cannon About How Race Can Influence Menopause
Although menopause is a normal part of aging, many women can feel unprepared for the physical and mental changes that
Read moreIt’s a Myth That Sunscreen Prevents Melanoma in People of Color – a Dermatologist Explains
By Adewole S. Adamson, University of Texas at Austin Melanoma is a potentially deadly form of skin cancer that effects
Read moreBiopsies Confirm a Breast Cancer Diagnosis After an Abnormal Mammogram – but Structural Racism May Lead to Lengthy Delays
By Marissa Lawson, University of Washington and Christoph Lee, University of Washington While mammograms are often the first step to
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July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness month. On Feb. 14, 1995, Fonda Bryant was prepared to die. She planned
Read moreBlack Women Have Many Risks to Their Mental Health. For Me, Juneteenth Is a Day of Healing.
The temperature climbed past 80 degrees as my children and I followed the marked route between historic dwellings in a
Read moreRace, Gender and the Ways These Identities Intersect Matter in Cancer Outcomes
By Timothy Pawlik, The Ohio State University; Elizabeth Palmer, The Ohio State University, and Samilia Obeng-Gyasi, The Ohio State University
Read more15 Minutes With: Dr. Neel Shah Talks to HealthyWomen About Racism in Healthcare
Dr. Neel Shah is chief medical officer of Maven Clinic, the world’s largest virtual clinic for women’s and family health,
Read moreWhy Do Women of Color Have Worse Breast Cancer Outcomes?
In 2013, Katrece Nolen, a 47-year-old Black woman in Northern Virginia, noticed one of her breasts felt swollen. She called
Read moreObesity Among Black Women: Fighting the Disease Through Community
April is National Minority Health Month. For Michele Tedder, fighting obesity has been a lifelong journey. Despite years of trying
Read moreNew Report Finds U.S. Women Have the Highest Rate of Maternal Deaths Among High-Income Countries
From The Commonwealth Fund The maternal mortality crisis in the United States has been well documented: U.S. women have the
Read moreTransgender People of Color Face Unique Challenges as Gender Discrimination and Racism Intersect
By Gabriel Lockett, University of Florida; Jules Sostre, University of Florida, and Roberto L. Abreu, University of Florida Throughout history,
Read moreI Was Bleeding to Death on the Bathroom Floor — While the Medics Insisted I Couldn’t Afford the Ambulance Ride
As told to Erica Rimlinger One evening during my senior year of college in Texas, I was hanging out at
Read moreWhat Is Alopecia? It’s No Laughing Matter for Millions of Black American Women
By Danita Peoples, Wayne State University The Oscar slap that overshadowed the Academy Awards ceremony was sparked by a joke
Read moreWhat’s Sexual Orientation Got to Do With It? LGTBQ People Face Discrimination in Healthcare
March 21 to March 25 is National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week. At age 28, Laura Silverstein tripped while running, dislocating
Read moreWhy Millions on Medicaid Are at Risk of Losing Coverage in the Months Ahead
By Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News The Biden administration and state officials are bracing for a great unwinding: millions of
Read moreNew Insights From Biology Can Help Overcome Siloed Thinking in Cancer Clinical Trials and Treatment
By Gerald Denis, Boston University Rarely does an oncologist closely question a breast cancer patient about their blood glucose, body
Read moreHow the Pandemic’s Unequal Toll on People of Color Underlines US Health Inequities – and Why Solving Them Is so Critical
By Abubakarr Jalloh, Hollins University From the earliest days of the pandemic, COVID-19 has wrought a far higher toll in
Read moreWhy Addressing Racism Against Black Women in Health Care Is Key to Ending the US HIV Epidemic
By Nabila El-Bassel, Columbia University Forty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Black women continue to bear the highest burden of
Read moreA New, Lower Threshold for Lead Poisoning in Children Means More Kids Will Get Tested – but the Ultimate Solution Is Eliminating Lead Sources
Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its blood lead reference value – the
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We are honored to have Phyllis Greenberger on our team as senior vice president of policy, advocacy and science for
Read moreRacism a Strong Factor in Black Women’s High Rate of Premature Births, Study Finds
By Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Kaiser Health News The tipping point for Dr. Paula Braveman came when a longtime patient of
Read moreAmericans Are in a Mental Health Crisis – Especially African Americans. Can Churches Help?
By Brad R. Fulton, Indiana University Centuries of systemic racism and everyday discrimination in the U.S. have left a major
Read moreCovid Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of Urbanites
By Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News Rural Americans are dying of covid at more than twice the rate of their
Read moreRacism at the OB-GYN: Bias Can be Deadly
No pajamas. No slippers. No hair bonnets. For some, the sign at a Columbus, Georgia, OB-GYN office could have been
Read moreBorn Too Soon
As if finding out she was expecting in the midst of a global pandemic weren’t news enough, Merrick Smith said
Read moreThe Pain Gap: Why Women’s Pain Is Undertreated
When Karen Finney went into the hospital for brain surgery, she was well aware of the gender pain gap: women
Read moreHow Sarah Baartman’s Hips Went From a Symbol of Exploitation to a Source of Empowerment for Black Women
By Rokeshia Renné Ashley, Florida International University In “BLACK EFFECT,” a track from Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 2018 collaborative album “EVERYTHING
Read more25-Year-Long Study of Black Women Links Frequent Use of Lye-Based Hair Relaxers to a Higher Risk of Breast Cancer
Kimberly Bertrand, Boston University The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Frequent and
Read moreLosing Weight Helped Heal Not Just My Body, But My Mind and Spirit, Too
As told to Kimberly Rex Before December 2017, I was anxious every time I had to ride on an airplane.
Read moreKidney Experts Say It’s Time to Remove Race From Medical Algorithms. Doing so Is Complicated.
By Rae Ellen Bichell and Cara Anthony, Kaiser Health News Alphonso Harried recently came across a newspaper clipping about his
Read moreAn Anti-Vaccine Film Targeted to Black Americans Spreads False Information
By Will Stone, Kaiser Health News When a filmmaker asked medical historian Naomi Rogers to appear in a documentary, the
Read moreTrying to Avoid Racist Health Care, Black Women Seek out Black Obstetricians
In South Florida, when people want to find a Black physician, they often contact Adrienne Hibbert through her website, Black
Read moreClosing The Mental Health Gap for Women of Color
Francisca Porchas Coronado was just nine when she left her home in the Mexican state of Sonora, just south of
Read moreSending Science Majors Into Elementary Schools Helps Latino and Black Students Realize Scientists Can Look Like Them
By Dieuwertje J. Kast, University of Southern California The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The
Read moreSeed Money: Black Entrepreneurs Hope Pandemic Gardening Boom Will Grow Healthier Eating
By Chandra Thomas Whitfield, Kaiser Health News DENVER — Ietef Vita had planned to spend most of 2020 on the
Read moreDeclaring Racism a Public Health Crisis Brings More Attention to Solving Long-Ignored Racial Gaps in Health
By Paul K. Halverson, IUPUI The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has joined hundreds of cities and counties across
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