Lupus Still Disparately Affects Black Women
By Glenn Ellis
(Trice Edney Wire) - Many chronic diseases are the result of the body's immune system mistakenly perceiving that the body is under...
Lupus Disproportionately Affects Black Women
By Shantella Y. Sherman
Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper
Lupus, or systemic lupus erythematosus, is a chronic and often debilitating autoimmune disease that...
Sexism And Racism Take Toll On Black Women’s Health
By Jazelle Hunt
NNPA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The effects of living in a patriarchal, racist society measurably erode Black women’s physical and mental...
Blacks Missing Out On ‘Obamacare’ Savings
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Even as health care costs continue to cause concerns for the poor, nearly 40 percent African Americans and about half of...
Two People Diagnosed With Active TB At Local School
Over the past three months, two people at Mount Rainier High School in Des Moines have been diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB). The first...
Public health Officials Tell County Council They’re Actively Preparing To Monitor And Treat Ebola...
Public health agencies throughout the country are reviewing their procedures for treatment of individuals who have contracted the Ebola virus. At the Oct. 27...
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...
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Minnesota Timberwolves Stun Denver Nuggets Again To Take A Commanding 2-0...
The Minnesota Timberwolves opened up a commanding 2-0 series lead over the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals thanks to a stunning 106-80 blowout in Game 2 on Monday.
