US Pregnancy Deaths Dropped in 2022, After COVID Spike
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. fell in 2022, dropping significantly from a six-decade...
CDC Recommends All Adults Get Tested for Hepatitis B
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
The U.S. Centers for Control and Prevention have issued a new recommendation urging all adults to receive screening...
Federal Researchers Find Sudden Unexplained Deaths Rose for Black Infants
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
A new study has shown a huge racial difference in infant deaths.
Researchers found that babies born...
With Stained Pants, Kenyan Senator Fights Menstruation Taboo
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI, Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The sight of a red bloodstain on Kenyan Senator Gloria Orwoba's white pantsuit was so startling...
If Parents Don’t Protect Their Kids From Abuse, Who Will?
By Anissa Durham, Word in Black
Cherry DeJesus was a young Black girl growing up in Paterson, New Jersey, in the 1970s. She knew earlier...