Henrietta Lacks

Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, Harriet Tubman, Joycelyn Elders, Byllye Avery, Patricia Bath, Jane Cooke Wright, Inez Beverly Prosser, Helen Octavia Dickens, Rebecca Lee Crumpler, Henrietta Lacks, Joy Harden Bradford, Bea Dixon, Tricia Hersey, Black women doctors, Black womens health and wellness, Black women in healthcare history, Women's History Month, theGrio.com

9 Black women who have transformed health and wellness throughout history

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Family of Henrietta Lacks files new lawsuit over cells harvested without her consent

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Biotech firm settles with family of Henrietta Lacks, whose HeLa cells uphold medicine

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CBC introduces law to posthumously award Henrietta Lacks with Congressional Gold Medal

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Statue of Henrietta Lacks to replace Robert E. Lee monument in Roanoke, Virginia

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Storytelling is the key to persuading anti-vaxxers, like Kyrie Irving, to get inoculated

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Henrietta Lacks’ family files lawsuit against pharma company over use of cells

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Henrietta Lacks’ family hires Crump to sue pharma companies for building wealth off her cells

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Johns Hopkins honors Henrietta Lacks with more than just a speech

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Oprah Winfrey to star in HBO’s ‘Henrietta Lacks’ movie

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Henrietta Lacks’ family deserves reparations

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NIH finally makes good with Henrietta Lacks’ family — and it’s about time, ethicist says

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Moving forward from past reproductive injustices against black women

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This week's book list: Historic journeys (and Valentines)

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An ‘Immortal Life’: How one woman’s cells helped cure a generation

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