Meet 9 trailblazing ‘hidden figures’ of Black history from across the Charlotte region
Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...
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What 2 female physician leaders want the next generation to know
Dr. Singh and Dr. Erzurum connected with Becker's to discuss their journeys into medicine, how being a woman in the field shaped their leadership and their advice for the next generation of female ...
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RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A Randolph County couple is preparing to lay their 9-year-old daughter to rest after she died from flu complications. It’s a pain Mary Edging and her fiancé Jimmy Vernon ...
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Racial gap widened in deaths among U.S. moms around the time of childbirth
The CDC report on the 2023 deaths was drawn from death certificates. The CDC counts women who died while pregnant, during ...
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New Book Tells the Story of the Most Influential Black Woman You’ve Never Heard Of
Danielle Phillips-Cunningham, an associate professor in the School of Management and Labor Relations, explores this ...
Racial, ethnic disparities seen in counseling for children with high blood pressure
Among children with high blood pressure (BP), there are racial and ethnic disparities in receipt of nutrition, lifestyle, and ...
Emergency room doctors sometimes don't spot migraines in minority children
Kids and teens can also get migraines, but Black and Hispanic children seen in emergency rooms are more likely to have their condition go undiagnosed, new research shows.
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Remembering Dr. Myra Adele Logan, the first woman to perform open-heart surgery
Many know the story of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, an African-American cardiologist who became the first surgeon to perform a successful open-heart procedure in the United States. However, the story of ...