‘My clients are worried’: cancer risks from black women’s hair products stoke fear
Priscilla Graves is a hairstylist with 15 years’ experience straightening and coloring black women’s hair. She has endured bouts of
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Racism Is Killing Black Men, Even in Health Care
In November, Bernard Tyson, the CEO of Kaiser Permanente, died unexpectedly in his sleep. He was 60. Tyson was a singular
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Black women five times more likely to die as a result of complications in their pregnancy than white women, report finds
Black women are five times more likely to die as a result of complications in pregnancy than white women, a report has
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Faith made Harriet Tubman fearless as she rescued slaves
Millions of people voted in an online poll in 2015 to have the face of Harriet Tubman on the US$20 bill. But
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Study links hair dyes and chemical straighteners to higher breast cancer risk, particularly among black women
Permanent hair dye and chemical hair straightener use was linked to a higher risk of breast cancer in a new study from
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‘Real risk’ to human rights protections after Brexit, say Lords
The House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee has written to Lord Chancellor David Gauke warning him of the real risk that Brexit poses
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9 ways racism impacts maternal health
For many Black, Indigenous and racialized women in Turtle Island (North America) and globally — motherhood is a fight for
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If even Beyoncé had a rough pregnancy, what hope do other black women have?
Last week, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter premiered Homecoming on Netflix. Three homegirls and I were glued on the navy sectional, journeying with
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African C-sections ’50 times more deadly’
The number of mothers who die after a Caesarean-section in Africa is as much as 50 times higher than in
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Are Hair Products for Black Women Safe? Afro Hair Blogger Aims to Launch Documentary to Find Out
In April 2018 Tola Okogwu was featured in a BBC interview about the potential dangers of hair care products marketed
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