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• Getting to the root of the Black maternal morality crisis

  By Kara Burnett| WMAR-TV (Baltimore, MD) Verified BALTIMORE - Black women in the United States are more than three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women, according to the CDC - a staggering and persistent disparity that researchers, advocates, and healthcare professionals are still trying to solve. Dr. Tosin Adebayo, an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Towson University, studies Black women's maternal healthcare experiences. For her, the work is both academic and deeply personal.

  By Kara Burnett · WMAR-TV (Baltimore, MD)

  Apr. 15, 2025

• From heart break to hope

  By Kara Burnett| WMAR-TV (Baltimore, MD) Verified One million. That's how many pregnancies end in miscarriage every year. But what happens after the loss? What happens between mourning and returning to everyday life? "How difficult it is to just adjust to their new norm with being a woman without a baby and wanting a baby so desperately," says Tamira Dunn, maternal health advocate. Tamira Dunn falls in that in-between.

  By Kara Burnett · WMAR-TV (Baltimore, MD)

  Apr. 13, 2025

• Getting to the root of the Black maternal morality crisis

  By Kara Burnett| WMAR-TV (Baltimore, MD) Verified BALTIMORE - Black women in the United States are more than three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women, according to the CDC - a staggering and persistent disparity that researchers, advocates, and healthcare professionals are still trying to solve. Dr. Tosin Adebayo, an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Towson University, studies Black women's maternal healthcare experiences. For her, the work is both academic and deeply personal.

  By Kara Burnett · WMAR-TV (Baltimore, MD)

  Apr. 15, 2025

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