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NIH Launches Multimillion-Dollar Initiative to Reduce Stillbirth Rate

by Fierce Contributor | Sep 25, 2025 | Health & Wellness, Parenting, Reproductive Health, Ties, Top Feature | 0

The National Institutes of Health has launched a five-year, $37 million consortium to reduce the country’s “unacceptably high” stillbirth rate.

Understanding the Sudden Rise of Type 2 Diabetes in Children

by Fierce Contributor | Dec 3, 2024 | Health & Wellness, Family, Parenting, Ties | 0

Diabetes was long known as a disease of adulthood. Now, the metabolic disorder is spiking in children and teens, with worrisome consequences.

A 13-Year-Old With Autism Got Arrested After His Backpack Sparked Fear. Only His Stuffed Bunny Was Inside.

by Fierce Contributor | Nov 14, 2024 | Health & Wellness, Family, Parenting, Ties | 0

Ty, who has been diagnosed with autism, picked out a purple bunny from hundreds of other plushies in his room. While his mom wasn’t looking, the 13-year-old snuck it into his backpack to show to his friends. Things went downhill once he arrived at school.

Scared Boy’s Mother Is Suing Children’s Services Over Dozens of Fake Searches

by Fierce Contributor | Nov 18, 2023 | Health & Wellness, Parenting, Ties, Top Feature | 0

An anonymous caller repeatedly makes false reports against a mother who hasn’t done anything wrong, and officials keep falling for it.

A Striking Gap Between Deaths of Black and White Babies Plagues the South

by Fierce Contributor | May 24, 2023 | Health & Wellness, Family, Health News, Parenting, Ties | 0

In the South, infant mortality is by far the highest in the country, with Mississippi’s rate of 8.12 deaths per 1,000 live births ranking worst.

She Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy. For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story.

by Fierce Contributor | Dec 28, 2022 | Health & Wellness, Family, Parenting | 0

Many pregnant people say doctors and nurses do not listen to them and their concerns are often dismissed; pregnant Black people face an even higher burden.

Gabrielle Union on Making Peace and Loving Life

by Fierce Contributor | Sep 30, 2021 | Health & Wellness, Family, Joy!, Parenting, Relationships, Ties, Top Feature | 0

Gabrielle Union wanted a baby so badly that she was willing to risk broken bones while enduring pregnancy and “the change” ahead of schedule. Plus, she had multiple miscarriages.

7 Back-to-School Tips Doctors Want You to Know About COVID-19

by Breonna Randall | Sep 1, 2021 | Health & Wellness, COVID-19, Parenting, Ties | 0

Doctors offer parents back-to-school advice for students who are taking in-person classes and participating in extracurricular activities during the pandemic.

Thousands March for Voting Rights and Justice

by Fierce Contributor | Aug 29, 2021 | News, Community, Parenting | 0

Voting rights lured thousands to a march on Washington. Tenicka Shannon and her family also came to highlight the police shooting of her son, Fred Cox Jr.

Saving Our Girls

by Fierce Contributor | Oct 9, 2020 | News, Parenting | 0

Black girls are being subjected to disproportionately high disciplinary rates and other threats to their self-esteem, their physical well-being and their future. “We are in a battle for the souls of Black girls,” one expert warns.

Lag in COVID-19 Research Puts Pregnant Women and Babies at Risk

by Fierce Contributor | Jul 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Health & Wellness, Parenting, Top Feature | 0

Expectant mothers with the virus had a 50% higher chance of being admitted to intensive care and a 70% higher chance of being intubated than nonpregnant women in their childbearing years, according to the CDC.