Health

Black women's pregnancy experiences are often irreversibly marred by the structural and systemic racism in the medical industry.

Sickle cell patient Kendric Cromer, 12, became the first person in the world to receive a F.D.A. approved gene therapy treatment.

The cause: Black women’s maternal health.

Studies show women and racial minorities are 30% more likely to experience misdiagnosis than their white male counterparts. Researchers call it an urgent health problem.