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Despite lawmakers removing the word "Black" from groundbreaking maternal health legislation, activists refuse to back down on saving Black mothers' lives. Their persistence shows how grassroots movements keep fighting even when systems try to erase the communities they're trying to help.
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been appointed to lead the African Union's campaign for maternal, newborn, and child health across the continent. The one-year role recognizes Tanzania's progress in reducing maternal and child mortality.
Seven countries in Southern Africa have achieved up to 50% reductions in maternal deaths while continuing to lead the world in HIV response. The SADC region's bold 2018 health strategy is delivering measurable results for women and girls across the continent.
Nigeria's private health sector, which delivers 70% of the country's health care, is getting new support to help save mothers' lives. A landmark summit brought together government, business, and financial leaders to unlock funding and expand access to maternal care across the country.
A new midwifery school in western Liberia will train 30 students to serve rural communities where maternal deaths remain critically high. The $225,000 program aims to reduce maternal mortality by 30 percent in three underserved counties.
Dr. Amr Hassan from Cairo University has been named to the World Health Organization's elite advisory group on maternal mortality, becoming the first Arab representative. His work will help shape global strategies that save mothers' lives worldwide.
Tanzania slashed maternal mortality from 556 to 104 deaths per 100,000 births between 2015 and 2022, proving that steady investment in health infrastructure saves lives. The nation shared its success story at a major Nordic-Africa health summit in Stockholm.
The University of Southern California brought hundreds of students together for a joyful celebration honoring a century of Black History Month. Music, Black-owned vendors, and cultural traditions filled McCarthy Quad as the campus community gathered to recognize past achievements and future possibilities.
Millions more babies are living to see their first birthday across Asia's most populous nations. India, China, and Indonesia just recorded their lowest infant mortality rates in history.
Special waiting rooms at hospitals in Eritrea's Northern Red Sea Region are helping more mothers and babies survive childbirth. The simple solution is driving real improvements in maternal and infant health across the region.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just solved a 30-year mystery about black holes while capturing the clearest image ever taken of a black hole's surroundings. The breakthrough reveals how supermassive black holes actually feed, changing what scientists thought they knew.
A supermassive black hole in a nearby galaxy is feasting on matter just like black holes did right after the Big Bang, giving scientists an unprecedented window into the early universe. The discovery could help solve long-standing mysteries about how galaxies and black holes formed billions of years ago.
Fifty Black entrepreneurs gathered at the Anchorage Museum for the 11th annual Alaska Black Business Expo, proving their thriving community continues to grow. The event brought together an estimated 1,500 Black-owned businesses across the state for what attendees called "a family reunion."
A UN-funded donation is helping one of Liberia's busiest maternity hospitals care for a surge of new moms and babies. The supplies include everything from newborn blankets to waiting room chairs for a facility working to cut maternal deaths.
Scientists just caught a supermassive black hole waking up for the first time, firing cosmic winds at 14% the speed of light. This breakthrough shows exactly when and how black holes reshape entire galaxies.
Physicists have found a simpler way to explain how black holes behave, using ideas similar to boiling water. This breakthrough could help us understand black holes during their most dramatic moments, from birth to explosive death.
Astronomers detected a new type of gravitational wave that could reveal what happens right at a black hole's point of no return. The discovery came from the clearest black hole collision signal ever recorded.
NASA's Webb telescope just rewrote what scientists thought they knew about black holes. The discovery revealed that feeding black holes are far tidier eaters than anyone imagined.
Astronomers are closer to solving one of space's biggest mysteries: whether black holes or galaxies formed first. New evidence suggests black holes might have been the cosmic pioneers.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope discovered a supermassive black hole that formed before its host galaxy, flipping our understanding of cosmic origins upside down. The 50-million-solar-mass black hole makes up two-thirds of its tiny galaxy's total mass.
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