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News Articles: African American health

Women's health advocate Tanya Leake, photographed at her home on March 1, 2022. Leake founded numerous initiatives to help raise awareness about uterine fibroids after experiencing them herself.

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  • Health

Facing invasive treatments for uterine fibroids, Black women advocate for better care

Black women are more likely to get the noncancerous growths, at a younger age, and have higher rates of hysterectomy. A growing movement calls for more compassionate care.

April 10, 2022
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By:
  • Akilah Wise
(from left) Kevin Dedner founded Hurdle, a mental health startup that pairs patients with therapists. Ashlee Wisdom's company, Health in Her Hue, connects women of color with culturally sensitive medical providers. Nathan Pelzer's Clinify Health analyzes data to help doctors identify at-risk patients in underserved areas. Erica Plybeah's firm, MedHaul, arranges transport to medical appointments.

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  • Health

How Black tech entrepreneurs are tackling health care's race gap

Determined to improve the way doctors connect with their patients, a new wave of innovators are using technology to match people of color with culturally competent professionals.

November 29, 2021
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By:
  • Cara Anthony
Members of the Full Circle Everest team pose for a photo on Mount Rainier earlier this year. Next year, group members hope to become the first all-Black team to reach the top of Mount Everest.

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  • World

A mountaineering group is aiming to be the 1st all-Black team to climb Mount Everest

The Full Circle Everest team will be scaling Everest next year in an attempt to make history. But it's not just about the climb. They also want to inspire Black people to explore the outdoors.

October 09, 2021
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By:
  • Sharon Pruitt-Young
Evidence seized from a drug trafficking operation in central California in early 2020 included methamphetamine and fentanyl with a street value of $1.5 million, authorities said.

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  • Health

Methamphetamine Deaths Soar, Hitting Black And Native Americans Especially Hard

Newly published U.S. data finds overdose deaths from methamphetamine use more than doubled in recent years. Use of the stimulant among Black Americans surged nearly tenfold.

September 23, 2021
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By:
  • Brian Mann
New research shows racial disparities in opioid overdose rates, with the rate of deaths among Black people growing faster than in other groups. The researchers are calling for expanding access to drug treatment and to education on how to prevent overdoses using the antidote drug, naloxone.

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  • Health

Black Opioid Deaths Increase Faster Than Whites, Spurring Calls For Treatment Equity

Black communities face a growing share of overdoses, but addiction treatment resources and attention are still focused on white communities.

September 11, 2021
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By:
  • Marisa Peñaloza
Dr. Kristamarie Collman, a family physician in Orlando, has been dispelling vaccine myths through social media. She's among a growing cohort of Black doctors trying to reach vaccine-hesitant members of their communities.

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  • Health

'You Can't Treat If You Can't Empathize': Black Doctors Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy

Black vaccine hesitancy goes back to history of distrust of medicine, say doctors and researchers. To help, it's important to empower people with knowledge to make their own choices.

January 19, 2021
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By:
  • Pien Huang
Some in the medical community now question the use of race in kidney care. They argue it could exacerbate health disparities.

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  • Health

Is It Time For A Race Reckoning In Kidney Medicine?

A movement sparked by medical students is pushing to eliminate the use of race to estimate kidney function, saying it reinforces racist thinking. Some argue the change could cause unintended harm.

December 29, 2020
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
African Americans and other underrepresented minorities make up only about 5% of the people in genetics research studies.

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  • Health

Neuroscience Has A Whiteness Problem. This Research Project Aims To Fix It

People of African ancestry have been excluded from many studies of brain disorders. In Baltimore, scientists, doctors and community leaders are working to make neuroscience research more diverse.

September 24, 2020
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton

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  • Health

How The Pandemic Is Widening The Racial Wealth Gap

The coronavirus has affected most Americans, but NPR's latest poll shows Black, Latino and Native American households are hardest hit by the financial impact of the crisis.

September 18, 2020
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee

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  • Health

'I Try So Hard Not To Cry': Nearly Half Of U.S. Households Face A Financial Crisis

There are dividing lines when it comes to how families are weathering the pandemic: Those living in big cities, those making less than $100,000 a year, and Latino and Black families are faring worst.

September 11, 2020
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
The Jernigan-Noesi family, the Roper Nedd family, and the Ford family talk about the conversations they're having with their kids about racism, social justice, and having hope for the future.

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  • Health

'Change Can Happen': Black Families On Racism, Hope And Parenting

In wake of George Floyd's killing and the Black Lives Matter protests, conversations about race in America have a new urgency. Here's how Black parents are having 'the talk' with their children today.

July 19, 2020
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By:
  • Patti Neighmond

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