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Ansonia Lyons carries her son, Adrien Lyons, as she takes him for a diaper change in Birmingham, Ala., on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. Black babies are more likely to die, and also far more likely to be born prematur
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ely, like Adrien, setting the stage for health issues that could follow them through their lives. AP Photo/Wong Maye-E For many women in Alabama, systemic problems and state policies make access to affordable quality health care a challenge.America s Health Rankings, an annual assessment of the nation s hea
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lth, ranked Alabama 46th in the 2022 report on the health o
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f women and children. Only Oklahoma, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana came behind Alabama in the latest ranking.Much of the low ranking is due to the state ranking low for infant mortality 47th , teen birth rate 46th , and prevalence of illicit drug use 47th .For cancers that are specific to women, cases are on par with the national rate, but mortality rates in Alabama tend to be higher. READ MORE: Tennessee health equity report focuses on racial disparities in outcomes According to the State Cancer Profiles, a project by the National Cancer Institute and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the overall mortality rate from cancer in women is far higher than the national average, and all but one women s cancer, uterine cancer, had a higher mortality rate than the national average.Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, a cancer researcher at the Universit Yciq Kimball tables deal on cell tower
LaFAYETTE, Ga. - Silence reigns in Room 701 at LaFayette Middle School, but the conversation is nonstop.The students in Da
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le Oxendine s American sign language class on Friday were learning to talk to each other with their fingers and facial expressions.It s a first-time class offering for students at Walker County Schools LaFayette Middle and the LaFayette High School, said Oxendine, whose wife is deaf and whose daughter is a sign language interpreter.Oxendine said the experience with his wife
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s hearing impairment raised his awareness, and he discovered the value of sign language in learning to better communicate.TO LEARN MORETo learn more about American sign language and academic-related signing, visit aslpro and needsoutreach.orgHe said students enrolled in two segments of the class will have learned between 700 and 1,000 signs by the end of the school year.Seventh-grader Robert Dewald said he will use the skill to communicate with his father and share what he has learned. My dad lost his hearing when he was 2, Robert said, moving his hands with each word.He said his father learned some sign language from a neighbor as a young boy, but since has forgotten much. I do signing to him and have him guess what those signs are, Robert said. He gives the class his highest recommendation. This is a very fun class, he said. If everybody learned this it would be like everybody could speak the
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same language. LaFayette Middle assistant principal Karen Hughes said the class was offe