TANK Worldwide is taking on a deep-rooted health disparity in its latest campaign, which highlights the high rate of Black maternal mortality in the U.S. The Last Lullabye aims to raise awareness ...

Shalon Irving knew her newborn daughter Soleil for less than one month. Three weeks after giving birth to Soleil, now 6, Shalon Irving, who is Black, died from complications of high blood pressure on ...

Shalon Irving’s 2017 death brought national attention to maternal mortality among Black women in the US. This essay remembers her life and legacy. Read by Wanda Irving, chair of the board of Dr.

Shalon Irving was an esteemed epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Public Health Service. She had two doctorates and two master’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black women are nearly three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women. (Photo-illustration by ...

Dr. Shalon's Maternal Action Project s launching a campaign aimed at raising awareness of the disproportionate rate that Black women die in and... New campaign highlights Black maternal health A group ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, March 28, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project, Population Reference Bureau and TANK Worldwide unveiled ...

(NEW YORK) -- When Wanda Irving looks into the eyes of her 5-year-old granddaughter, Soleil, she said she instantly sees her daughter, Shalon Irving, whose death shortly after giving birth to Soleil ...

When Shalon Irving, who lived in Atlanta, got pregnant in 2016, her mom, Wanda Irving, says was overjoyed about becoming a mother and threw herself into preparing for her baby. As an epidemiologist at ...

A group focused on Black maternal health is launching a campaign aimed at raising awareness of the disproportionate rate that Black women die in and after pregnancy. The group behind the campaign is ...