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Med Students Don’t Wait To Give Back

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – According to the American Association of Medical Colleges, there are only 2.3 physicians for every 1,000 people...

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...

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,...

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....

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...

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...

The Obama Administration Is Hustlin’ Backwards

 NEWS ANALYSIS By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III (Trice Edney Wire) - "I am sorry that they (people losing their health insurance) are finding themselves in this...

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...

‘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...

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...

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4 Lawsuits Challenging Book Bans

Nearly 4,000 books have been axed from schools, and Black stories are a frequent target. Now activists are fighting back in court.