Alvin F. Poussaint, Civil Rights Advocate and Leading Voice on Black Mental Health, Dies at 90
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Alvin F. Poussaint, Civil Rights Advocate and Leading Voice on Black Mental Health, Dies at 90

Alvin F. Poussaint, a psychiatrist who provided medical care to civil rights activists in 1960s Mississippi and later became a national authority on the effects of racism on Black mental health, has died.

Maternal Mortality Remains Alarmingly High for Black Women Despite Overall Decline
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Maternal Mortality Remains Alarmingly High for Black Women Despite Overall Decline

Black women in the United States continued to face the highest maternal mortality rates, dying at a rate more than three times higher than white women, according to a newly released report from the National Center for Health Statistics.