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Combatting High Black Breast Cancer Mortality: AZ Group & US Taskforce

TL/DR - Black women in the US are over 40% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women, a statistic that has largely remained the same for a decade, according to the American Cancer Society. Factors contributing to this disparity include biological differences such as aggressive forms of breast cancer, inadequate insurance coverage,…

AZ Supreme Court’s Future Decision on Reproductive Rights

TL/DR - The Arizona Supreme Court is set to reconcile conflicting state laws on abortion: Title 36, which prohibits abortions after a 15-week gestational period except in medical emergencies, and Section 13-3603, a near-total ban on abortions dating back to 1864 that makes exceptions only to save the mother's life. The legal conflict arose after…