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Watch: Why the U.S. has made little progress improving Black Americans’ health

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Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress

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As record heat sweeps the US, some people must choose between food and energy bills

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T-Boz is addressing the ‘ignorance’ around her medical emergency

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Most Black hospitals across the South closed long ago. Their impact endures

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New study on aging finds ‘really dramatic changes’ occur at ages 44 and 60 

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Exercise is key for Parkinson’s relief. But bias, underdiagnosis hold Black patients back

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The politics holding back Medicaid expansion in some Southern states

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‘I feel dismissed’: People experiencing colorism say health system fails them

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Study shows Gen X and millennials at higher cancer risk

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Netflix’s hit series ‘Supacell’ shines a much-needed light on sickle cell disease

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Mississippi lacks Black doctors, even as lawmakers increasingly target diversity programs

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FDA approves a second Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow disease

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Do multivitamins keep people alive longer? New research says no

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Kidneys from Black donors are more likely to be thrown away — a bioethicist explains why

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18-year-old dies weeks after collapsing at her high school graduation

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Black maternal health, Black maternal mortality rate, hypertension during pregnancy, Black hypertension rates, theGrio.com

Hypertension is rising in Black and Indigenous pregnant people but treatment is not 

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Missy Elliott opens up about Graves’ disease ahead of her first tour as headliner

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Black women breast cancer statistics - Sara Sidner

CNN anchor Sara Sidner to undergo double mastectomy amid breast cancer battle

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GLP-1s for weight loss, what are GLP-1 drugs? theGrio.com

Study finds many GLP-1 weight-loss patients discontinue treatment too soon

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