Black Health Editorial team

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How to find a Black OB-GYN near you: what the evidence says about race-concordance, training, and group prenatal care

The most-cited race-concordance study in obstetrics is also the most-contested in the peer-reviewed record. The strongest evidence on …

Black Health Editorial team Apr 25 7m

The Black-white maternal mortality gap widened to 3.5 times in 2023. Here is what actually moved.

CDC's 2023 brief put Black women at 50.3 deaths per 100,000 live births and white women at 14.5. …

Black Health Editorial team Apr 24 9m

CMS's RAPID pathway cuts Medicare device coverage decisions from a year to two months. Black-Medicare utilization gaps live downstream of the timing change.

The new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Coverage Pathway compresses coverage decisions on FDA Breakthrough Devices from …

Black Health Editorial team Apr 24 6m

Title X's FY2027 funding notice moves the federal family-planning program toward fertility-awareness counseling. A 2022 study of the 2019 precedent shows what that looks like in practice.

A peer-reviewed qualitative study of 55 Title X clinics in Arizona, Iowa, and Wisconsin during the 2020 implementation …

Black Health Editorial team Apr 24 7m

Virginia signs four Momnibus Act II bills on April 22. Here is what each bill does and why the Black-maternal-mortality context makes them consequential.

Governor Abigail Spanberger signed four maternal-health bills in Richmond on April 22, 2026: HB1400 on mental-health screenings, HB1403 …

Black Health Editorial team Apr 24 6m

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Articles by Black Health Editorial team

How to find a Black OB-GYN near you: what the evidence says about race-concordance, training, and group prenatal care

The Black-white maternal mortality gap widened to 3.5 times in 2023. Here is what actually moved.

CMS's RAPID pathway cuts Medicare device coverage decisions from a year to two months. Black-Medicare utilization gaps live downstream of the timing change.

Title X's FY2027 funding notice moves the federal family-planning program toward fertility-awareness counseling. A 2022 study of the 2019 precedent shows what that looks like in practice.

Virginia signs four Momnibus Act II bills on April 22. Here is what each bill does and why the Black-maternal-mortality context makes them consequential.

Managing eczema on Black skin: what it looks like and what works

ACE or ARB: the blood pressure medication question Black patients should ask their doctor

Bellevue's new 104-bed unit takes Rikers mental-health care out of the jail. The evidence says it should cut self-harm.

How to find a Black doctor near you, and why the data says it matters

Do Black Babies Fare Better With Black Doctors? The Data

A CMS extension of the GLP-1 Bridge through 2027 may reopen a Black Medicare access gap

Four years on, long COVID's access gap is widening for Black patients

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