Proposed Bill Would Make HIV Testing Part Of Routine Medical Care
OLYMPIA – A bill heard earlier this week in the Senate Health Care Committee would make screening for HIV a routine part of diagnostic and screening...
Food Rx For Upset Stomach
By Dr. Ro
NNPA Columnist
Ever get that queasy feeling in the pit of your stomach for seemingly, no reason at all?
You’re not alone. Although many...
‘First, You Cry’: Black Press Columnist Battles For Life After ‘Devastating’ Diagnosis
Part I of a Two-part Series
(Trice Edney Wire) - For the past 22 years, Jim Clingman has published his cutting edge "Blackonomics" column in...
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...
Youth HIV Activists Lead Charge To End AIDS In Washington
According to the Washington State Department of Health, in Seattle, one in eight new HIV diagnoses occurs among youth ages 13-24. In 2014 Mayor...
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...
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...
Black Male Enrollment Declines In Med Schools
By Freddie Allen
Senior Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) –The number of Black males applying to medical school is lower than it was three decades ago, raising...
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...
Study: Racism Has Long-Term Health Impacts On Blacks
(Trice Edney Wire) - Racial discrimination experienced by youth can have far-reaching health impacts well into their adulthood—and that is especially true for Black...
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Morehouse College Might Halt Graduation ‘on The Spot’ If There Are...
Morehouse College President David A. Thomas said Thursday he would shut down commencement ceremonies “on the spot” rather than allow police to remove student protesters in zip ties during President Joe Biden’s graduation speech.
