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Black Women s Health Advocates Applaud Legislation to Address the Uterine Fibroid Crisis

Black Women s Health Advocates Applaud Legislation to Address the Uterine Fibroid Crisis The Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2021 Would Fund 150 Million to Research Condition Affecting 80% of Black Women by Age 50. News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Shelley Capito (R-WV) introduced the Senate companion bill to the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2021, legislation that would appropriate $30 million to the National Institutes of Health for fiscal years 2022 through 2026 and establish a research database for treatment of fibroids. Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) introduced the House legislation in March 2021.

Painful Fibroids Affect More Black Women Here s a Look at the Health Equity Issue – NBC10 Philadelphia

Painful Fibroids Affect More Black Women Here s a Look at the Health Equity Issue – NBC Bay Area

Updated on March 16, 2021 at 6:08 am NBC Universal, Inc. Uterine fibroids that can cause chronic pain and disrupt pregnancy plans disproportionately affect Black women, and research that would help women and girls is underfunded, experts say.  The noncancerous tumors can be as small as a pea to larger than a football. More than 80% of Black women will have fibroids by age 50, the National Institutes of Health says, compared to about 70% of white women. Black women with fibroids are twice as likely as white women to have hysterectomies as a treatment. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.

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