Hampton U Receives $13.5 Million Grant To Combat Health Disparities In Minority Men
Hampton, Va. – Hampton University President William R. Harvey recently announced that Hampton University has received a $13.5 million grant from the National Institute on...
More Moms Breastfeeding, States Report
Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Richmond Free Press
(Trice Edney Wire) - More mothers in the United States are breastfeeding their...
‘Baby-Friendly’ Hospitals Bypass Black Communities
By Rita Henley Jensen
Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Women's eNews.
(Trice Edney Wire)-Very few of the maternity wards that have won a...
Health Disparities Group Pushing For Equality In Immunizations
(Trice Edney Wire) - A working group of Black leaders is calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand the recommendations...
The Obama Administration Is Hustlin’ Backwards
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By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III
(Trice Edney Wire) - "I am sorry that they (people losing their health insurance) are finding themselves in this...
Some Hopeful Signs In The HIV/AIDS War
By Jazelle Hunt
NNPA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Rae Lewis Thornton likes to sneak in a tranquil tea time between expanding her brand and the...
Reducing The Risk Of HIV By 90 Percent
By Phill Wilson
NNPA Columnist
This Friday, February 7h, is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). It’s an opportunity for the nation to take a...
Dennis Johnson: How Healthy Habits Can Hold Off Kidney Complications
By Elaine Porterfield
Special to The Medium
Dennis Johnson got the news from his doctor more than three decades ago: something was happening to his kidneys....
Tuberculosis: The Contagious Disease That Won’t Go Away
Every week, we get a reminder in King County that tuberculosis (TB) not only lingers among us, but is a constant danger. Last year,...
ABLE Act Could Help Disabled To Save
By Jazelle Hunt
NNPA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As of 2006, more than 2.4 million African Americans receiving Social Security benefits are disabled, or are...
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$300 Million Plan to Turn Portland Expo Center into Regional Sports...
Metro Council is poised to make a landmark decision in January regarding a comprehensive $300 million proposal to transform the 53-acre Portland Expo Center into a modern sports and cultural complex.
