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An African-American man stands on a stage where he talks about his wife's death. Maternal health was the topic of a meeting in Raleigh last week.

#ListenToBlackWomen: Maternal and infant health care advocates tell North Carolina

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#ListenToBlackWomen: Maternal and infant health care advocates tell North Carolina - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina looks for ways to close prominent racial disparity gaps in infant mortality and maternal health rates.

By Anne Blythe The harrowing anecdotes have become all too familiar. Tennis icon Serena Williams shared details of her traumatic postnatal health scare in a Vogue cover story in early 2018. Superstar Beyonce revealed particulars from her exceedingly difficult pregnancy and near-death experience during the emergency C-section birth of her twins in the same magazine […]

Farmers market in Charlotte, NC, this one doesn't accept SNAP

It’s no SNAP getting fresh produce to those who need it

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It’s no SNAP getting fresh produce to those who need it - North Carolina Health News

Right now, only two of Mecklenburg County’s 18 farmers markets accept SNAP. The city of Charlotte and the county are trying to change that.

By Yen Duong In 1941, Norman and David Simpson’s grandfather started selling produce from the family farm off the back of his truck at a nondescript Charlotte corner. By 1978, their father was there, just outside the central business district of Uptown, every Tuesday and Friday. By the time Norman and David took over the […]

a doctor in a darkened room examines xrays of breast tissue to look for cancer.

Black women more likely to die of breast cancer – especially in the South

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Black women more likely to die of breast cancer – especially in the South - North Carolina Health News

Treatment advances have improved breast cancer survival rates among all U.S. women, but the disparity between white and black women has grown, especially in the Southeast.

By Max Blau Stateline When Felicia Mahone was 27, she felt her breast and found a mass. Breast cancer had killed nearly all the women in her family — her mother, two aunts and two cousins. Her doctor, though, downplayed the lump, assuring her everything would be all right. For months, Mahone resumed her busy […]

Normal blood cells (left) and the blood cells in Sickle cell disease, which do not flow through the circulatory system smoothly.

More African-American Blood Donors Needed for Sickle-cell, Other Treatments

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More African-American Blood Donors Needed for Sickle-cell, Other Treatments - North Carolina Health News

Speakers at a Red Cross “blood diversity summit” urged increased donations by African Americans, who have historically given at far lower rates than whites.

By Thomas Goldsmith The need for increasing blood donations by African Americans grew into a cause for Sherry Johnson as she saw sickle cell disease threaten the health and lives of her daughters Jordan, Krista and Brianna. Then, in December, Jordan, 14, died of complications from the disease, a genetic blood disorder which disproportionately affects […]

NC Infant Mortality Rate Remains Stubbornly High

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NC Infant Mortality Rate Remains Stubbornly High - North Carolina Health News

After reaching an historic low rate in 2013, the data show more babies are dying in their first year. By Rose Hoban After years of continual improvement in the health and birth outcomes for newborns in North Carolina, the rate of babies who died in their first year of life has inched upwards for the […]

NC’s Rural Landfills Have Long History of Conflict

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NC’s Rural Landfills Have Long History of Conflict - North Carolina Health News

A local Wake County battle over a landfill has a familiar ring; that’s because the similar battles over landfills have played out around North Carolina for decades. By Thomas Goldsmith UPDATE: The Wake County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted Monday to refuse Shotwell Landfill’s request to expand the amount of waste it accepts annually and […]

Cone Hospital Apologizes for Segregation Case

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Cone Hospital Apologizes for Segregation Case - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina doctor gets long-delayed apology, honors for service that led to integration of U.S. Hospitals By Thomas Goldsmith In an extraordinary recognition of past wrongs and changing times, Alvin Blount received an apology and honors from Cone Health on Thursday for the hospital’s past practice of excluding African-American physicians such as Blount, as well […]

Cancer cells in tissue culture from human connective tissue, at a magnification of 500x.

Working to Reduce Cancer Rates Among NC’s Minorities

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Working to Reduce Cancer Rates Among NC’s Minorities - North Carolina Health News

Even as North Carolina’s cancer rates have drifted downward in recent years, the state’s rates for the disease are higher than the national averages. And of those cases, there are a disproportionate number of cancer cases among the state’s minorities. By Rose Hoban Cancer is the leading cause of premature death for people under 65 […]

Performance Illuminates Black Men’s Views on Health Care

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Performance Illuminates Black Men’s Views on Health Care - North Carolina Health News

A new performance illuminates the health care disparities faced by African-American men in an extraordinary way. By Rose Hoban In North Carolina, African-American men are more than twice as likely as white men to die prematurely from prostate cancer. They’re twice as likely as whites to die from kidney disease. And more likely to die […]

Minorities More Likely to Fall Into ACA Coverage Gap

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Minorities More Likely to Fall Into ACA Coverage Gap - North Carolina Health News

In states such as North Carolina that decided not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, the percentage of minorities who remain uninsured will be higher than that of whites. By Brenda Porter-Rockwell Glenn Scott and her husband, Glenn Jeter, were once both busy working professionals. She was a city planner and he worked […]

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