Category : News Talk

State’s Health Disparities Highlighted During Black Maternal Health Week

In observance of Black Maternal Health Week, which runs April 11-17, Jonesboro-based K8 News interviews ACHI President and CEO Dr. Joe Thompson for a story on the health disparities experienced by Black mothers in Arkansas and efforts to close the...

Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma wins Boston Marathon in runaway. Kenya’s Hellen Obiri repeats in women’s race

BOSTON (AP) — Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia set a blistering pace and held on to win the Boston Marathon on Monday, running alone through most of the course to finish in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 17 seconds — the 10th fastest time in the race’s 128-year hi...

Comcast NBCUniversal launches the Digital Equity Local Voices Lab, supports Black and LGBTQ+ journalistic endeavors

PHILADELPHIA — Today, News is Out and Word In Black, together announced the 16 fellows selected for The Digital Equity Local Voices Lab, a new initiative powered by Comcast NBCUniversal to place journalists at 16 Black and LGBTQ+ serving news publ...

HEALTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA BLACK MATERNAL CARE OPEN LETTER

Black maternal death rates have been steadily rising in the United States for decades, Black women in Miami-Dade County today are three times more likely to die from childbirth and related complications than White women. The Centers fo...

Northwestern Medicine will host educational open house for Black Maternal Health Week 2024

CHICAGO (WLS) — Black Maternal Health Week is April 11-17 nationwide. According to the White House, Black women are three times more likely to face health risks during pregnancy than other races. There are efforts being made to change these s...

ICYMI: AOSue is At It Again

April 15, 2024 Sue Altman is trying to hide her true progressive beliefs now that she is the presumptive Democrat nominee in a swing seat. This comes as no surprise given this time last year, Democrats were bemoaning her candidacy—all but admittin...

Black Maternal Health Week: How One OB-GYN’s Own Birth Inspired Her to Become an Advocate for Black Mothers

Over 30 years ago, a young Afro-Jamaican woman who was eight months pregnant walked into a Brooklyn hospital complaining of vomiting and a severe headache. She was examined briefly by the doctors and subsequently discharged. As the woman was being di...

Global Survivors Fund to pay reparations to victims of sexual violence in Ukraine

UKRAINE, Apr 15 — The Global Survivors Fund will pay €3,000 to 500 victims of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), announced Dmytro Lubinets, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights. The Global Survivors Fund plans to collect data fro...

CAROL’S DAUGHTER’S LOVE DELIVERED INITIATIVE DEEPENS IMPACT ON BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH IN YEAR 4

In a continued effort to combat the Black Maternal Health Crisis, the Black-founded, Black-led beauty brand releases a new cohort of doula grants in partnership with CVS and the Mama Glow Foundation NEW YORK , April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Car...

More Muscle for Calif’s Retail Crime Fight as Speaker, Black Caucus, Unveil New Bills

Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ ‌|‌ ‌California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ (CBM) – Assemblymembers Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles) and Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) last week added their names to a growing list of California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC...

Black Maternal Health Week focuses on making health care more accessible and preventing pregnancy-related deaths

WORKS. NEW THIS MORNING, MAKING HEALTH CARE MORE ACCESSIBLE AND PREVENTING PREGNANCY RELATED DEATHS. THOSE ARE THE GOALS OF BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK, WHICH RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THESE PEOPLE FACE. STAR CONNOR EXPLAINS WH...

Reminder for reparations-seeking rep: Even Jesus paid taxes

Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D), who believes reparations are much needed to advance the black community, recently voiced her agreement with a suggestion she heard from an unnamed black celebrity. “One of the things that they propose is black f...

The Other Maternal Health Crisis: Black Birthing People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing – Non Profit News

Image credit: Isabella Angélica on unsplash.com The dismal statistics on maternal health outcomes in the United States are well-known in health justice, health equity, and health philanthropy circles. Among developed nations, the United States has th...

124th National Black Business Conference Returns to Atlanta

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the World Conference of Mayors TUSKEGEE, Ala., April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The National Alliance for Black Business (2022), co-founded by The National Business League ® (1900), National Black Chamber of Co...

County, City Adopt Regionally Coordinated Homelessness Action Plan

By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer Sacramento County supervisors voted last month to adopt the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan and accept $12.8 million in state funding. The funds will be allocated for the expansion of...