Heart Awareness Month and the Fight for Equity in Cardiac Care - MMCxchange https://mmcxchange.com/ Fri, 22 May 2026 01:34:53 -0400 en-US hourly 1 Baltimore Times RSS Hub Heart Awareness Month and the Fight for Equity in Cardiac Care https://mmcxchange.com/detail/heart-awareness-month-and-the-fight-for-equity-in-cardiac-care_1773007125 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:01:00 -0500 https://mmcxchange.com/detail/heart-awareness-month-and-the-fight-for-equity-in-cardiac-care_1773007125 Heart Awareness Month and the Fight for Equity in Cardiac Care

As Heart Awareness Month begins in February, leaders within the Black medical community are urging renewed attention to a crisis that continues to claim Black lives at higher rates, even as overall cardiovascular deaths decline nationwide.Dr. Anthony Fletcher, the 20th president of the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) and an interventional cardiologist at CHI St. Vincent Cardiology and Medicine Clinic in Little Rock, Arkansas, said the month provides a necessary moment to pause and confront…]]>