Zinhle Essamuah

Zinhle Essamuah is a correspondent and anchor for NBC News.

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Latest from Zinhle Essamuah

FDA approves label change for Depo-Provera, adding brain tumor warning

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.
107d ago

She gave birth in her car minutes after a hospital sent her away. A new bill seeks to stop that.

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.
111d ago

Black mothers in Texas and Indiana say hospital staff ignored cries for care while they were in labor

Two Black women said they were denied immediate medical attention despite being minutes away from giving birth
162d ago

Is Depo-Provera birth control to blame for this woman’s brain tumor? A lawsuit alleges Pfizer failed to warn of potential risk

Some women believe that the birth control shot caused their meningiomas, a tumor that grows from the lining of the brain.
184d ago

Pressley urges Fed chair to address Black women's unemployment as the figure rises

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, wants Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to address a disproportionate jump in the unemployment rate for Black workers, especially women.
237d ago

Congress targets hair products with cancer-causing ingredients marketed to Black 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

EXCLUSIVE: Venus Williams Says Doctors Dismissed Her Fibroid Symptoms for Years: ‘I Was Outraged’

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.

How CDC cuts affect women with chronic diseases like sickle cell

The team responsible for updating the CDC’s “contraception bible,” which advises doctors on birth control safety, was disbanded by the Trump administration.
414d ago

Federal regulations paused, halting FDA's proposed ban on formaldehyde in hair products

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.
488d ago

States work to tackle racist text messages sent to Black people nationwide

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.
488d ago

States work to tackle racist text messages sent to Black people nationwide

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.”