The stress of racism experienced by Black mothers has been linked to low birthweight babies, which puts those children at greater risk for developing depression and other child mental health issues.

10/09/2023 Health Divides 10/9/2023 | 26m 31sVideo has Closed Captions| CC Wisconsin's Black residents face serious health issues shaped by deep social factors.

In fiscal year 2023, 84.8% of all Black veterans who applied for physical or mental health benefits were given assistance by the VA, compared to 89.4% of their white counterparts who applied.

Black women die due to pregnancy-related complications at a rate that is three times higher than their white peers, according to recent federal data, and experts say those tragic disparities ...

Annotation by NPR. Try as they might, the team was unable to get Black doctors and white patients in one image. Out of 150 images of HIV patients, 148 were Black and two were white.

Researchers at Harvard University examined MRI scans of 7,350 White and 1,786 Black children ages 9 and 10. The data in the study was collected by the National Institutes of Health in 2019.

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — One man is advocating during Black Maternal Health Week this year, after losing his fiancée and mother of his children just days ago. According to the CDC, Black women are ...

The study found that every 10% increase in Black primary care physicians was associated with a 1.2% lower disparity between Black and white individuals in all-cause mortality.