Health Rewind: Prison Rates Among Women are Skyrocketing
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Devastating Results of Women Going to Prison - A new info-graphic created by the Huffington Post highlights the alarming rise in women who are incarcerated. Looking at data between the years 1992-2012, average prison rates have gone up around 150-200 percent. And 57 percent of women in federal prisons are there on drug charges and 8.5 percent of women have been raped in all-female facilities. —Kellee Terrell(Photo: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)
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Judge Blocks Closing of Last Abortion Clinic in Mississippi - This week, a federal appeals court voted 2-1 against closing down the last abortion clinic left in Mississippi due to a law making abortion illegal in the state. The court said that women have the right to obtain an abortion in the state they live in instead of having to drive to other states, the New York Times wrote. (Photo: AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Blacks More Likely to Die From Extreme Weather - Extreme weather such as tornadoes, floods, extreme heat and cold kill almost 2,000 Americans a year, a CDC new study found. And Blacks were 2.5 times more likely to die from heat-related issues, says HealthDay. People living in lower-income areas and men were also more at risk. (Photo: AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle, Travis Heying)
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Peace Corps Pulls Volunteers Doing Ebola Work - Due to the deadly Ebola outbreak that seems to not be letting up, the Peace Corps has decided to pull its volunteers from Africa, USA Today reported. They are temporarily pulling its 340 workers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone after two of their workers were infected with the deadly virus. It’s not known when they will be sending them back. (Photo: AP Photo)
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Why Alcohol Prevention Is Important for Black Women - A new study finds that Black and Latina drinkers have more difficulty accessing care. Researchers say that because, overall, women of color drink less than whites, prevention and addiction programs are not geared toward them. Also, being on Medicare has been found as a barrier to getting women of color help for alcoholism. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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