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What The Affordable Care Act Means To You

By Edna Kane-Williams (Trice Edney Wire) - We’ve heard about it in bits and pieces over the past three years – the Affordable Care Act...

Insurance Exchanges Will Extend Coverage To Millions

WASHINGNTON (NNPA) – In less than a week, health insurance market exchanges will open across the nation and more than 40 million Americans, including...

Report: Half Of Single Young Adults Eligible For The Insurance Marketplace Could Get Coverage...

      A new report released Monday by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows that nearly half (46 percent) of single young...

Obama On Defensive Over Healthcare Glitches

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Under unrelenting attacks –including from Democratic supporters – President Obama and White House officials continue to struggle as they try to...

HPV Vaccines Less Effective For Black Women

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent       WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although Black women are twice as likely as White women to die from cervical cancer, Human...

Affordable Care Act Will Create More Jobs

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Health care reform under the Affordable Care Act is off to a sickly start. There have been...

Not Enough Blacks Staying In HIV Treatment Programs

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Even though Blacks get tested for HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus that causes AIDS more than...

Living With Kidney Disease: Charlette Duckett’s Personal Story

It hit me after the birth of my second child: kidney failure. I knew I was at risk because I had lupus, a chronic...

Final Push To Get Blacks Signed Up For Health Insurance

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – With less than two weeks left to sign up for insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act, grassroots supporters of the...

Darrell Lynch On The importance Of African Americans To Manage Their Health

By Elaine Porterfield Special to The Medium Darrell Lynch loved his welding job. He felt terrific, loved being active, loved using the high-level skills he was...

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‘We Need Him’: Emotional Steph Curry Laments ‘Self-Inflicted Wounds’ Following Another...

Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry was left lamenting “self-inflicted wounds” after Draymond Green received his fourth ejection of the season during the team’s 101-93 victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday.