The USA’s Deadly Racial Divide: Black Women &...

Safety equipment is often designed around an “average” male body and Dr Ella Hubber wants to understand the consequences this has for women. Alongside journalist Candice Bailey and expert voices, we hear how healthcare workers are forced to adapt to PPE never made for them and ho ...  Show more

After working exclusively with male mice while looking for a treatment for type 1 diabetes, Dr Ella Hubber begins to uncover a much bigger issue: modern medicine is not built equally for everyone. Along with journalist Chhavi Sachdev, she explores how decades of clinical research ...  Show more

What is behind the Black maternal mortality crisis, and what needs to change? In this podcast from Nature and Scientific American, leading academics unpack the racism at the heart of the system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Women in the U.S. are more likely to die from pregnancy or childbirth related causes than women in other developed countries. Unfortunately this is disproportionately felt by black women. Black women are more likely to die from childbirth or pregnancy related causes than white ...

One in eight American women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. In this first Wellness Wednesday of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we talk with renowned breast cancer surgeon and women’s health advocate, Dr. Kristi Funk, about the latest research on prevention and the c ...  Show more

Recently, we've seen disturbing reports of black Americans dying from Covid-19 at a disproportionate rate. CNN's Chief Medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta breaks down the various factors and demographics that may make some people and communities more susceptible. To learn more ...  Show more