A significant number of new HIV infections happen among Black women, and a health education effort in Atlanta wants to make sure Black women can access the HIV-prevention medicines known as PrEP.

Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne says the Women's Health Advisory Council will consist of 13 people from varied backgrounds.

Minority participation is low among registered organ transplant donors, despite record numbers of transplants last year.

Journalist Betty J. Halliburton explores the experiences of Black women in Cleveland as they navigate systems affecting their health and well-being.

Members of the Black and Jewish communities are working to build relationships between the two groups while collaborating on various projects to fight inequity in healthcare and other areas.

The Racism as a Public Health Crisis Coalition (RAPHC-C), which formed in 2020 when the city declared racism a public health crisis, held a town hall meeting on Friday. The group’s co-chair Marsha Mockabee said the event was an “appetizer” for more community engagement coming in the future.

A Boston hospital gets daily, home blood pressure checks for moms at risk for the pregnancy complication, pre-eclampsia. The effort is a response to alarming rates of Black maternal mortality.

Police departments across the country offer ride-alongs to members of the community to help the public understand the issues that officers face at work. One nonprofit in Cleveland offers the same service — but community members take police officers and others on tours of the community.

The COVID-19 pandemic hit Northeast Ohio’s Black communities hard, recent research shows. Now researchers from the National Institute of Health (NIH) are trying to determine whether long COVID-19 will also disproportionately affect Black people.

Reach Out and Read, a nonprofit founded by a MetroHealth pediatrician, promotes literacy to improve health outcomes.