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Maternal deaths across the U.S. more than doubled over the course of two decades, and the tragedy unfolded unequally. Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates, while the largest increases in deaths were found in American Indian and Native Alaskan mothers. And some states — and racial or ethnic groups within them – fared […]
FILE – Ansonia Lyons carries her son, Adrien Lyons, as she takes him for a diaper change in Birmingham, Ala., on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. After two miscarriages, Ansonia became pregnant in 2020, and it was difficult. Doctors initially told her she was suffering from regular morning sickness, though she was vomiting blood. Ultimately, she […]
03:41 – Source: CNN Meet the health care workers protecting Black mothers CNN’s Amara Walker speaks to doulas on the front lines of protecting mothers as Black maternal death rates have been steadily rising in the United States for decades. Source link
Ivan Samkov // Pexels By Loren Henderson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Ruby Mendenhall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Black mothers are the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to the mental and physical harms of stress from living with gun violence in America. In the U.S., Black people are likelier than […]
Brooklyn photographer Jon Henry’s photo book “Stranger Fruit” has been shortlisted for “Photography Book of the Year” by the British Kraszna-Krausz Foundation. Photo by Ximena Del Cerro. Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams Brooklyn-based photographer Jon Henry has spent the last nine years […]
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emails Ciara Clark, a Black doula, laboured for more than nine hours at home before making a last-minute switch to go to the hospital to give birth. With her own […]
HOUSTON (KIAH)- U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-Houston) announced in a press conference on Tuesday a program that provides $1.4 million in funding for the health of black mothers and infants. The black maternal & child health program directly addresses the pregnancy-related mortality risks among black women stemming among other factors from inadequate and inaccessible care […]
“Notes on faith” is theGrio’s inspirational, interdenominational series featuring Black thought leaders across faiths. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.” — Maya Angelou “There is so much that I have been trying to tell you,” Mom told me in a phone conversation. We were reflecting on our lives, our milestones, […]
Ciara Clark, a Black doula, labored for more than nine hours at home before making a last-minute switch to go to the hospital to give birth. With her own Black doula and mother by her side, Clark had hoped to have her baby at home with no medical assistance at all. She wanted to have […]
This mom took “psychotic” to a new level when appearing on Love & Hip Hop. Nancy Jones aka Mama Jones, mother to Jim Jones and mother (or monster) in-law to Chrissy Lampkin, was very protective over her son, who she likes to call “Jimmy”. Her feud with Chrissy on the series was a sight to […]