Zinhle Essamuah

The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a label change for Pfizer's birth control shot Depo-Provera that warns patients of the risk of meningioma, a tumor in the lining of the brain.

A new bill will head to Congress to prevent women from being turned away or sent home from a hospital while in active labor, after a video circulated of a Black woman writhing in pain at an Indiana hospital.

Two Black women said they were denied immediate medical attention despite being minutes away from giving birth

Some women believe that the birth control shot caused their meningiomas, a tumor that grows from the lining of the brain.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, wants Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to address a disproportionate jump in the unemployment rate for Black workers, especially women.

Federal lawmakers on Wednesday introduced four bills aimed at banning or regulating dangerous chemicals in hair and beauty products largely marketed toward Black women

Venus Williams speaks about getting treatment for painful fibroids in an interview with NBC News. The tennis star says doctors ignored her symptoms for years.

The team responsible for updating the CDC’s “contraception bible,” which advises doctors on birth control safety, was disbanded by the Trump administration.

A proposal to ban formaldehyde in hair straightening products is now in limbo after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing all federal regulations.

State attorneys general are urging people to notify the authorities if they received one of the racist text messages sent to scores of Black people.

Racist text messages were sent to scores of Black people the day after the election telling them they had been “selected” to pick cotton “at the nearest plantation.”