Black and Indigenous pregnant Minnesotans have long faced more health disparities than their white counterparts. Now, there’s a push at the Legislature to change that.
(Fargo, ND) Minority groups in Minnesota are hit harder by the opioid epidemic than any other people group. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that American Indians were 12 times more likely than whites to die of a fentanyl-related overdose in the state in 2022. Meanwhile, African American Minnesotans are four times more likely to die.
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