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Black women, long ignored in infertility discussions, speak out
Black women are more likely to face infertility issues than white women, studies show.
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Despite progress, HIV remains disproportionately Black in Georgia
Though African Americans make up only about 32 percent of the state’s population, around 71 percent of the roughly 2,500 Georgians who were newly diagnosed with HIV in 2019 we...
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Study: Toxins in blood of Brunswick residents who live near factories
As some Superfund sites around Brunswick, Georgia, are clearned up, a team of Emory scientists have found evidence of contaminants in some residents' blood.
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‘The Mothers of Gynecology’ remembered in Montgomery monument
J. Marion Sims is known as the “father of gynecology.” Lesser known is that he experimented on enslaved Black women in Montgomery, Alabama without their consent or anesthesia.
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In Georgia air and soil, a history of environmental inequality
Georgia has a long and troubling history of pollution. And like many other parts of the U.S.
Black women, and queens, wear more than just a crown
In the wake of Cheslie Kryst's suicide, we talk to several black beauty queens and their struggles with mental health issues while in the industry and the toll it takes.
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Racial gap for COVID vaccinations narrowing in Georgia
The gap between Black Georgians who have taken the COVID-19 shot and the rest of the state has narrowed, but the coronavirus continues to have a disproportionate effect on the...
Charles Drew: Doctor was a pioneer in storing blood
Dr. Charles Drew invented a way to process and preserve blood plasma for transfusions, which allowed it to be stored, shipped and used for longer periods of time.
For sickle cell warriors, the battle never ends
People with sickle cell disease call themselves warriors, as they fight their own bodies, hospital workers who doubt their pain and a public that doesn’t understand sickle cel
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Black communities burdened by air pollution may finally get answers
Many Black communities around Atlanta have voiced concerns about pollution for years but have lacked data to support their claims.