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Black Babies Are Still Dying—And America Let It Happen - The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

By Stacy M. Brown, BlackPressUSA.com, Senior National Correspondent A sweeping new analysis of U.S. mortality data over the past 70 years reveals that Black children in the United States have consistently faced significantly higher mortality rates than their white peers, with no improvement in relative disparities since the 1950s. The study, published March 25 in […]

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