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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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The Michael Jackson Biopic Is A Drama Both Onscreen And Off

The new Michael Jackson biopic, "Michael," was warmly received in Gary, Indiana, where the pop superstar grew up, and was attended by members of the Jackson family, including his nephew Jaafar, who stars in the film, and his eldest son Prince.