By Dianne Anderson Numbers and action speak louder than words, which explains why Black mothers and babies are still dying at over three to four times the rate of white women, and the data has hardly budged for decades. Maybe some new money trickling down from the state to the counties can help. Monique Amis, ...

by Dianne Anderson Federal cuts coming down hard are set to impact health-focused nonprofits trying to reach the Black underserved community that is already facing higher death rates in nearly every category compared to whites. The overall impact is disturbing, but no surprise for healthcare advocate Rhonda Smith. She said it was predictable and contained in ...

By Dianne Anderson More than any other race or ethnic group, Black moms are at risk of either dying during childbirth or having their baby die in that first critical year of life — a statistic that baffles some, but others say it’s a predictable outcome of unequal access to healthcare. For Gwendolyn Manning, reaching ...

By Dianne Anderson Black Infant Health providers are ecstatic with the long-awaited latest addition to their family – a $25,000 little bundle of joy now starts the first phase of a culturally competent awareness campaign to help Black moms and their babies stay alive. It’s the first of many Long Beach dollars to trickle down ...

By Dianne Anderson At first glance, local Black infant death statistics seem wrong, but it’s not a typo. It’s hard to imagine the reaction of policy makers if white babies were dying at the same alarming rate of Black babies in America. Typically, Black infants die double, often triple, the rate of white babies before ...