Kaiser Health News, Author at Black Voice News http://blackvoicenews.com/author/khnews/ The Voice of the Black Community in California Wed, 03 Jan 2024 17:36:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://blackvoicenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-BVN_logo_square-32x32.png Kaiser Health News, Author at Black Voice News http://blackvoicenews.com/author/khnews/ 32 32 182193136 New Doula Benefit ‘Life-Changing’ for California Mom https://blackvoicenews.com/2024/01/03/medic-cal-doula-services/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 17:36:56 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=242561 Mia Bloomer and her fiancé, Tim Smith, pose outside Smith’s mother’s house with their son Thaddeus, 1, while daughter Tiara, 6 months, naps inside.

Medi-Cal covers doula services for low-income California residents, providing emotional support, physical comfort, and education to women before, during, and after pregnancy, and helping to reduce maternal mortality rates.

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]]> 242561 Mothers of Color Can’t See if Providers Have a History of Mistreatment. Why Not? https://blackvoicenews.com/2023/10/16/black-maternity-care-racial-discrimination/ Mon, 16 Oct 2023 19:24:12 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=241572 While pregnant with her son, Selam Solomon Caldwell of Los Angeles combed review sites for an OB-GYN but couldn’t find how nearby physicians and hospitals might treat a Black woman like her.

Black women experience the worst birthing outcomes due to racial discrimination by maternity care providers, and entrepreneurs are developing new tools to collect feedback from mothers of color to hold providers accountable for inequitable treatment.

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]]> 241572 E-Cigs Are Still Flooding the US, Addicting Teens With Higher Nicotine Doses https://blackvoicenews.com/2023/08/08/e-cigs-are-still-flooding-the-us-addicting-teens-with-higher-nicotine-doses/ Tue, 08 Aug 2023 15:49:15 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=240816 Seven years since the FDA first asserted the authority to regulate e-cigarettes in 2016, vaping has ballooned into an $8.2 billion industry, and manufacturers are flooding the market with thousands of products — most sold illegally and without FDA permission — that can be far more addictive.

Liz Szabo | KFF Health News When the FDA first asserted the authority to regulate e-cigarettes in 2016, many people assumed the agency would quickly get rid of vapes with […]

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]]> 240816 Judge’s Decision Would Make Some No-Cost Cancer Screenings a Thing of the Past https://blackvoicenews.com/2023/03/31/judges-decision-would-make-some-no-cost-cancer-screenings-a-thing-of-the-past/ Sat, 01 Apr 2023 01:20:41 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=239476 A federal court ruling could open the door for insurers or employers to reinstate copayments for some of those preventive services, although many may be reluctant or unable to do so, at least immediately.

Julie Appleby and Michelle Andrews A federal judge on Thursday overturned a portion of the Affordable Care Act that makes preventive services, such as some cancer screenings, free to enrollees, […]

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]]> 239476 States Seek Crackdown on Toxic Ingredients in Cosmetics to Close Gaps in Federal Oversight https://blackvoicenews.com/2023/03/20/states-seek-crackdown-on-toxic-ingredients-in-cosmetics-to-close-gaps-in-federal-oversight/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 22:05:53 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=239409 Research teams asked Hispanic, Black, and multiracial women what beauty products they used. Researchers then tested 50 cosmetics purchased at Walmart, Target, and Dollar Tree, among other shops.

Michael Scaturro | KHN Washington has joined more than a dozen other states in seeking to crack down on toxic substances in cosmetics after a state-funded study there found lead, […]

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]]> 239409 Black Patients Dress Up and Modify Speech to Reduce Bias, California Survey Shows https://blackvoicenews.com/2023/03/09/black-patients-dress-up-and-modify-speech-to-reduce-bias-california-survey-shows/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:37:33 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=239297 Ovester Armstrong Jr. lives in Tracy, California, but is willing to drive an hour to the Bay Area’s more urban regions for doctors’ appointments. “I feel like those doctors are the ones who pay attention to Black folks or minorities of color,” he says.

Annie Sciacca March 9, 2023 A young mother in California’s Antelope Valley bathes her children and dresses them in neat clothes, making sure they look their very best — at […]

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]]> 239297 Medi-Cal Makeover: Postcard From the Inland Empire https://blackvoicenews.com/2022/05/29/medi-cal-makeover-postcard-from-the-inland-empire/ Sun, 29 May 2022 16:23:36 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=233898

A new Medi-Cal initiative known as CalAIM is designed to save on program spending by delivering social services including things like helping clients find housing, removing toxic mold from their […]

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]]> 233898 Patient, Beware: Some States, Including CA, Still Pushing Ineffective Covid Antibody Treatments https://blackvoicenews.com/2022/01/23/patient-beware-some-states-including-ca-still-pushing-ineffective-covid-antibody-treatments/ Sun, 23 Jan 2022 20:42:01 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=232481

JoNel Aleccia | Kaiser Health News As the omicron variant completes its sweep across the U.S., states with scarce supplies of monoclonal antibody therapies continue to use two treatments that […]

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]]> 232481 The Interview: How Will California’s New 988 Mental Health Line Actually Work? https://blackvoicenews.com/2021/10/17/the-interview-how-will-californias-new-988-mental-health-line-actually-work/ Sun, 17 Oct 2021 18:49:03 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=230925

Jenny Gold | Kaiser Health News NEED HELP? If you or someone you know is in a crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or contact […]

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