By BCN Executive Editor Wesley Brown – July 1, 2022 – Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision on June 24 to overturn Roe v. Wade, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge…
Category: Black Health
Black Health: Black cancer patients make gains in death rates but fall short in treatment, clinical trials, detention, and other areas
By BCN Executive Editor Wesley Brown – May 29, 2022 – There’s good news and a lot of not-so-good news on the cancer front when it comes to Black patients…
Black Health: Researchers identify the high costs of living with sickle cell disease
Potential curative therapies may help reduce the burden, but are also costly BCN Staff – May 22, 2022 – Americans ages 64 and younger with commercial health insurance who live…
UAMS Researchers find link between racism and vaccine hesitancy among Black Arkansans
BCN Staff – May 3, 2022 – Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research in Fayetteville have found that Black Arkansans who reported racial discrimination…