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Black women are more likely than white women to die from even the most treatable types of breast cancer, a study published Tuesday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found. The findings, experts say, underscore that it’s racial disparities, not biology, driving the biggest differences in death rates between Black and white women. While Black women and […]
The topic of Black Maternal Health was 1st mentioned on the Black Maternal Health Matters Podcast EP. 1 – 103.9 WDKX Thanks To Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc – Theta Alpha Zeta Chapter. The University of Rochester Medical Center and Rochester Regional Health also hosted an event this past week, on ways they can work […]
According to a survey commissioned by LinkedIn and Dove, a majority of Black women say they feel they have to change their hair just to be taken seriously for a job opportunities. Approximately 1,000 Black women ages 25 to 64, both part-time and full-time employees, took part in the CROWN Research Study. Some 66% of […]
According to a study published in the CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, the overall breast cancer death rate decreased by 43% over three decades. The numbers show that is 460,000 fewer breast cancer deaths from 1989 to 2020. The data from American Cancer Society also shows black women had lower incidences of breast cancer than […]
Mary J Blige’s Good Morning Gorgeous tour, is teaming up with Hologic to raise health awareness for Black women. Hologic is a medical technology innovator working to improve women’s health through screenings for treatment and revolutionizing daily care. The company is home to the world’s first commercial 3D mammography system and is a leader in […]
According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a firearms trade association gun sales for Black Americans rose 58 percent in 2020. It was the highest bump in gun sales of any ethnic group that year. In the first quarter of 2021, another NSSF report revealed 90 percent of gun retailers reported a general increase of […]
On June 29th, Filmmaker, Dees Rees’ debut feature, “Pariah,” joined the Criterion Collection and made history. Dees’ film was nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy making her the first Black woman to be included. Rees stated: “It feels like a formal acknowledgment of the film’s impact to the canon and being a part of the […]
Princeton University has just announced that it will be replacing Woodrow Wilson’s name on one of their buildings with Mellody Hobson’s instead, marking the first building on the campus to be named for a Black Woman. Harrison is a philanthropist and co-CEO of Ariel Investments and recently made a generous donation to her alma mater […]
Whether it’s COVID-19 concerns or current racial tensions. According to a new survey by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), approximately 90 percent of retailers reported an increase in firearm and ammunition sales during the first half of 2020 versus the first half of 2019. The highest overall firearm sales increase comes from Black men and […]
So Kodak Black hopped on his social media over the weekend and dropped a whole bunch of shadeism aka colorism on his live feed that left folks feeling some kind of way.
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