/news/tags/black-infants black infants en-US Copyright Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:08:36 GMT /news/community/2022-09-29/morning-headlines-black-infant-mortality-drops-but-racial-disparities-persist-and-more Data presented during Akron's Health Equity Summit showed the rate at which black infants died before reaching their first birthdays dropped in 2020, but it also showed that Black people died at a greater rate from diseases including COVID-19; Another strike by 275 teachers at Garfield Heights City Schools is planned if they don't reach an agreement with the school administration; and more stories. Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:08:36 GMT /news/community/2022-09-29/morning-headlines-black-infant-mortality-drops-but-racial-disparities-persist-and-more Amy Eddings, Jay Shah /news/health-science/2020-11-11/infant-deaths-drop-in-cuyahoga-county-but-racial-disparities-persist If the county's infant mortality rate stays the same, it would be the lowest in the past three decades, says the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. Thu, 12 Nov 2020 01:28:18 GMT /news/health-science/2020-11-11/infant-deaths-drop-in-cuyahoga-county-but-racial-disparities-persist