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		<title>Doctors With Troubled Pasts Perform Cosmetic Surgeries Tied to Crippling Pain and Injury</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2025/10/06/doctors-with-troubled-pasts-perform-cosmetic-surgeries-tied-to-crippling-pain-and-injury/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 23:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Many patients are enduring emotional and physical scars after visiting cosmetic surgery firms that hire surgeons with a history of malpractice and misconduct.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NIH Launches Multimillion-Dollar Initiative to Reduce Stillbirth Rate</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2025/09/25/nih-launches-multimillion-dollar-initiative-to-reduce-stillbirth-rate/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The National Institutes of Health has launched a five-year, $37 million consortium to reduce the country's "unacceptably high" stillbirth rate.
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		<title>EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2025/04/10/epa-plans-to-stop-collecting-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data-from-most-polluters/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 03:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Many polluters no longer have to report greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide and methane, reducing corporate accountability for health risks and climate change.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2025/04/04/unsanitary-practices-persist-at-baby-formula-factory-whose-shutdown-led-to-mass-shortages-workers-say/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Workers at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants say the Abbott Laboratories facility is engaging in unsanitary practices similar to those that led it to temporarily shut down just three years ago, sparking a nationwide formula shortage.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ingredients of Resilience That Can Help You Manage Stress</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2025/04/03/ingredients-of-resilience-that-can-help-you-manage-stress/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Spirit]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Like physical fitness, resilience is not a single quality but rather many ingredients that contribute differently to a range of strengths and situations. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Health News: Baby Eye Development, Diabetes &#038; Alzheimer&#8217;s, COVID&#8217;s Autoimmune Link</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alzheimer's disease]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catch up on the latest health news on protecting your baby’s eyesight from pregnancy to preschool; a possible  connection between diabetes and early Alzheimer’s disease; and why COVID-19 may be linked to higher risk of autoimmune disorders, like rheumatoid arthritis.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 17:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The number of confirmed cases of measles rose to 483 this year over 2024. An unvaccinated child died of measles in Texas, the first such death in the U.S. since 2015. About 20% of unvaccinated people who get measles wind up in the hospital. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cuts to Science Research Funding Cut American Lives Short</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 04:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has proposed a dramatic reduction in federal funding and support of the critical infrastructure that keeps labs open and running. Numerous scientists and health professionals have noted that changes will have far-reaching, harmful outcomes for the health and well-being of the American people.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nutritionist Flemmie P. Kittrell Revolutionized Early Childhood Education and Illuminated ‘Hidden Hunger’</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2025/03/20/nutritionist-flemmie-p-kittrell-revolutionized-early-childhood-education-and-illuminated-hidden-hunger/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Flemmie Pansy Kittrell if she were alive today. Throughout a trailblazing career that spanned half a century, she worked to enhance food security and to improve both diets and children’s health – under the umbrella of home economics.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Weather Events Impact Views on Climate Change and Health</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2025/03/19/weather-events-impact-views-on-climate-change-and-health/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fierce Contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging Fiercely!]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Seventy percent of older adults who had experienced at least one weather emergency in the past two years are more likely to be concerned about climate change and their health. This includes a wildfire, extreme heat, severe storm or power outage lasting more than a day.]]></description>
		
		
		
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