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An African American mother and her baby bond together as an illustration of maternal health and maternal and child health.
Posted inGender health

Black doulas in NC fight high maternal and infant mortality rate by building relationship, community

by Elizabeth Thompson May 3, 2022May 3, 2022

By Elizabeth Thompson In 2016, Cindy McMillan was shocked to learn that babies born to women of color in her home community in Buncombe County were three times more likely to die in their first year than white babies. Now, she works to improve health outcomes for women of color and their babies, as the […]

Posted inState Health Policy

A historic increase in food stamp benefits began this month. Will it be enough?

by Nadia Bokhari October 27, 2021October 29, 2021
a few inmates can be seen walking down a grassy prison yard through chain link fencing
Posted inPrison Health

Prisons contribute to racial imbalance in COVID-19 impact in NC

by Carolina Public Press February 15, 2021April 12, 2021
A woman a hat and thumbs up at a race in the desert.
Posted inHealth Inequities

Fat bias at the doctor’s office takes a serious toll

by Liora Engel-Smith February 2, 2021February 1, 2021
we see an industrial complex / poultry plant where multiple Latino workers have tested positive for COVID
Posted inHealth Inequities

Latino North Carolinians infected with COVID-19 ‘simply by going to work’

by Anne Blythe June 11, 2020January 29, 2021
Children sitting around a table cutting greens as part of a program that tackles physical activity in Durham.
Posted inChildren's Health

Fighting childhood obesity by teaming up

by Sarah Ovaska December 16, 2019December 16, 2019

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