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Ectopic pregnancy: the warning signs

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Black LGBTQ+ Health

Black LGBTQ+ people face the sharpest within-Black health disparities in the United States. Black men who have sex with men …

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Black Women's Health

Black women in the United States face the widest maternal mortality gap in the high-income world. In 2023, the Black …

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Black Men's Health

Black men develop heart failure at a median age of 39, two decades before white peers, per the CARDIA cohort …

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Kids and Teens

Approximately 1 in 365 Black or African American babies is born with sickle cell disease, and about 1 in 13 …

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Seniors

Black seniors are Medicare-enrolled at similar rates to white seniors but receive less hospice, more intensive end-of-life procedures, and fewer …

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Access & Coverage

1.2M

Uninsured adults in the Medicaid coverage gap. Hispanic and Black adults together are 56% of them.

Updated July 30, 2026

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57.1%

Age-adjusted share of Black adults with hypertension, and almost the same for Black men and Black women, which is true of no other group NCHS reported.

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1 in 365

Black or African American births in which sickle cell disease occurs. About 1 in 13 Black babies is born with sickle cell trait.

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Active Federal

H.R. 3888

PFAS Clean Water Act

Environmental justice research consistently shows Black and low-income communities bear disproportionate PFAS exposure. A 2021 Nature Communications study …

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Critical Federal

H.R. 567

Medicaid Work Requirements Bill

Black adults have lower rates of employer-sponsored insurance and higher Medicaid enrollment rates relative to white adults. In …

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Active Federal

H.R. 2234

Momnibus Act 2025

Black women die in childbirth at 3.3 times the rate of white women in the United States (CDC …

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Alzheimer's Disease

Neurology

2x

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, and it does not affect …

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Anxiety Disorders

Mental Health

1 in 10

More than one in five Black adults experience at least one anxiety disorder at …

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APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease

Kidney / Renal

~13% of African Americans carry two high-risk APOL1 variants

For decades, the higher rates of chronic kidney disease and kidney failure among Black …

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Asthma

Respiratory

7.7x

Asthma is common across all American communities, but its consequences are not equally distributed. …

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Atrial Fibrillation

Cardiovascular

~2x

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) carries a paradox for Black adults: the clinical diagnosis rate is …

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Breast Cancer

Cancer

40%

Breast cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells in the breast, most often starting …

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