Akilah Johnson

Racism was called a health threat. Then came the DEI backlash.

It has been four years since coronavirus infections began burdening people with lingering symptoms often dismissed by medical providers.

Black mothers and babies in the United States suffer more than most in the deadliest place to give birth among high-income nations.

In the United States, the deadliest place to give birth among high-income nations, Black women die at two to three times the rate of White, Asian and Latina peers.

For every maternal death in the United States, research shows about 100 women experience severe maternal morbidity.

Black women and girls in the United States were three times more likely than their peers to die while giving birth or in the six weeks afterward.

The price society pays for failing to achieve health equity and allowing Black people to die prematurely was $238 billion in 2018 alone.

It marked the third consecutive year the nation’s maternal mortality rate, long the highest among high-income nations, increased.

When patients walk into a doctor’s office, they bring all their needs — including concerns about mental health.

The toxicity of partisan politics is fueling an overall increase in mortality rates for working-age Americans, new studies show.