Insurance Exchanges Will Extend Coverage To Millions
WASHINGNTON (NNPA) – In less than a week, health insurance market exchanges will open across the nation and more than 40 million Americans, including...
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...
Report: Half Of Single Young Adults Eligible For The Insurance Marketplace Could Get Coverage...
A new report released Monday by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows that nearly half (46 percent) of single young...
Obama On Defensive Over Healthcare Glitches
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Under unrelenting attacks –including from Democratic supporters – President Obama and White House officials continue to struggle as they try to...
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...
HPV Vaccines Less Effective For Black Women
By Jazelle Hunt
NNPA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although Black women are twice as likely as White women to die from cervical cancer, Human...
Affordable Care Act Will Create More Jobs
By Jazelle Hunt
NNPA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Health care reform under the Affordable Care Act is off to a sickly start. There have been...
Local Health Officials Warn Of Public Exposures To Measles
Local public health officials have confirmed a measles infection in an infant who was in several locations in King County during the contagious period....
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...
NMA Resolution: Good Health For All African-Americans
By Michael A. LeNoir, M.D.
Good health should be on minds of everyone, especially African Americans, at the beginning of this New Year. Whether we...
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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.
