Alabama’s Cancer Crisis: How a new study could be the link to save more Black women’s lives | Alabama [Video]

Enrollment is now open for the largest case study of its kind on Black women and cancer. 

According to the American Cancer Society, Black women under the age of 50 are almost twice as likely to die of breast cancer than any other ethnic group. That is why the “Voices of Black Women” study was created to look into multi-level drivers that may be unique to that particular group. 

The plan is to spend 30 years monitoring 100,000 Black women – between the ages of 25 and 55. These women cannot currently have cancer and are willing to be interviewed a few times a year for 30 years. 

Micha Logan, affectionately known as ML6, is a woman who has her finger on the pulse of the Rocket City. She is a radio personality who is known for her big …