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In Health, Income Has Greater Impact Than Race

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Being poor can have a bigger impact on your health than your race, according to a recent report by the Urban...

Study: Too Few Blacks, Hispanics Becoming Doctors

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from NorthStar News (Health Day News) - Too few members of minority groups are pursuing careers in U.S....

Straight Black Men Sidelined In AIDS Fight

NEWS ANALYSIS WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Heterosexual Black men were largely invisible at the 2015 United States Conference on AIDS last week, a long-term absence that...

Meals On Wheels Brings Food And Cuts Loneliness

By David Orenstein (Trice Edney Wire) - When Congress passed the Older Americans Act in 1965 to support elderly people who were struggling—often alone—to continue...

Oprah Buys 10 Percent Of Weight Watchers International

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from North Star News (Trice Edney Wire) - As millions make New Year's resolutions to lose weight, those...

The Zika Virus: What You Need To Know

By Amy Pope (Trice Edney Wire) - If you've been thinking about traveling to warmer climates or have been catching a few news stories, you...

City Council Endorses Prescription Drug Take-Back Program

The Seattle City Council unanimously approved legislation encouraging local pharmacies and police precincts to set up drop-boxes for unused, surplus prescription medicines, including controlled...

Phill Wilson: Still Answering The Black AIDS Call At 60

By Karen Ocamb Black AIDS Institute The first cases of what became HIV/AIDS hit the news on June 5, 1981. Soon, Phill Wilson, then just 25,...

Zika Was In Haiti Before Exploding In Brazil

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from North Star News (Trice Edney Wire) - The Zika virus was present in Haiti several months before...

Phill Wilson: We Must Stay In The Game Until We End the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

A conversation with the Black AIDS Institute’s president and chief executive officer. By Tamara Holmes BAI Contributing Writer  BAI Daily: Where are we in the HIV/AIDS epidemic...

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Male Infertility Contributes To About 40% Of Cases Of Infertility. What...

When opposite sex couples are trying and failing to get pregnant, the attention often focuses on the woman. That’s not always the case.