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NNPA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although Black women are twice as likely as White women to die from cervical cancer, Human...
The Obama Administration Is Hustlin’ Backwards
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(Trice Edney Wire) - "I am sorry that they (people losing their health insurance) are finding themselves in this...
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
What The Affordable Care Act Means To You
By Edna Kane-Williams
(Trice Edney Wire) - We’ve heard about it in bits and pieces over the past three years – the Affordable Care Act...
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...
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...
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WNBA Great Candace Parker Announces Retirement After 16 Seasons
Three-time WNBA champion Candace Parker announced her retirement in a post on social media Sunday. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2008 WNBA draft played 16 seasons in the league with the Los Angeles Sparks, Chicago Sky and the Las Vegas Aces.
