Health

Black students attending public HBCUs are facing alarming rates of food insecurity. Here’s how they can be successful.

After Michael Regan worked for climate justice in Louisiana, one congressman was quick to blow the dog whistle.

Shirleen Allicot has the story on Black maternal health disparities for Black Maternal Health Week.

Federal lawmakers face a year-end deadline to solidify or scuttle an array of covid-era payment changes for telehealth services that include allowing people to stay in their homes to see a doctor or therapist.

The broad availability of over-the-counter dental products containing fluoride has some community leaders arguing that its addition to public drinking water is no longer necessary. But public health experts worry that, much like vaccines, fluoridation may be a victim of its own success.

Limits on chloroprene emissions will target a plant in a majority-Black area that contributes to the nation’s highest risk of cancer.

Too much screen time can cause chronic stress, eye strain, and other adverse effects. These tips can help you reduce your screen time.

In the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, more young adults in the United States took pregnancy off the table entirely, new research has shown.

Advocates representing four historically Black colleges say there is an ever-increasing need for sexual and reproductive resources on their HBCU campuses. 

Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according to a survey released Friday that details how tens of millions of Americans struggled to retain coverage in the government insurance program for low-income people after pandemic-era protections began expiring last spring.