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May 12, 2022
The return of masking in schools, particularly in the Northeast, is not nearly as widespread as earlier in the pandemic.
May 10, 2022
Testing for COVID-19 has plummeted across the globe, making it much tougher for scientists to track the course of the…
May 10, 2022
Cheryll Woods-Flowers, once the mayor of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, lost her father to Alzheimer's disease in February 2018.
May 9, 2022
An AP poll shows that 39% of employees who had worked at home but have returned to the office say…
May 8, 2022
Black women are electing to have community births at higher rates than other demographic groups as a result of the…
May 8, 2022
Since the early '90s, birthrates have dropped 20-year-olds, pushing the median age of U.S. women giving birth to 30, the highest…
May 7, 2022
The seven-day festival, which ends Sunday, draws tens of thousands to New Orleans' Fair Ground sRace Course.
May 7, 2022
White people made up most of the COVID-19 deaths overall, yet an unequal burden fell on Black, Hispanic and Native…
May 6, 2022
The American Heart Association study reveals a 24-minute difference in wait times for Black women compared to white men.
May 6, 2022
A coalition with four HBCU medical schools started an initiative aimed at increasing the number of Black Americans registered as…
May 5, 2022
As the federal government moves to end funding for COVID care, hospital costs are rising, healthcare experts say.
May 5, 2022
A recent study uncovers links between an aggressive form of uterine cancer and its disproportionate impact on black women.
May 5, 2022
It took trips over state lines, navigating roads and laws, for a South Dakota mother of two to get abortion…
May 5, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The husband of a Black woman who died hours after childbirth in 2016 sued Cedars-Sinai Medical
May 4, 2022
Though the draft opinion could change, Democrats and Republicans pledged action, and battles that could play out in the states.