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Aaliyah Bowden
Health Reporter
Health Reporter
I am a health reporter for The Charlotte Post and a Report for America corps member. My beat is focused on the health of African Americans and public health issues.
Aaliyah Bowden reported while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2022 Data Fellowship.
A lack of trust in the health care system is common among Black mothers and experts believe it might be a large reason why Black infant mortality rates are so high.
Black babies more at risk of early death in Mecklenburg.
The U.S. has the worst maternal mortality rate among developed countries, and North Carolina has one of the highest rates of infant deaths in the nation.