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Our Learn hub organizes health information across four pillars: Black women's health, Black men's health, kids and teens, and seniors. Every Learn guide is reviewed quarterly and carries an "Updated: YYYY-MM-DD" tag beneath the byline the day we revise it. Browse the pillars below, or email kendra@blackhealth.org if a guide reads as out of date. Our full editorial process is documented at /about/editorial-standards/.
Black men develop heart failure at a median age of 39, two decades before white peers, per the CARDIA cohort published in NEJM 2009 (PMID …
Black women in the United States face the widest maternal mortality gap in the high-income world. In 2023, the Black non-Hispanic maternal mortality rate was …
Approximately 1 in 365 Black or African American babies is born with sickle cell disease, and about 1 in 13 is born with sickle cell …
Black seniors are Medicare-enrolled at similar rates to white seniors but receive less hospice, more intensive end-of-life procedures, and fewer completed advance directives. The REGARDS …
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