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...
On 50th Anniversary, Medicare And Medicaid Still Vital
By Jazelle Hunt
NNPA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) — As Medicare and Medicaid turn 50 this week, the nation takes a look at the impact of...
County Sees Increase In Edible Marijuana Intoxication Among Children
An increasing number of King County residents are being poisoned by eating edible marijuana products, and health officials warn that children are particularly at...
In Health, Income Has Greater Impact Than Race
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Being poor can have a bigger impact on your health than your race, according to a recent report by the Urban...
Part II -‘First You Cry’: Jim Clingman, His Family, Their Faith And Their Fight
(Trice Edney Wire) - It was the perfect plan. After living in his native Cincinnati, Ohio for all of their 22 years of marriage,...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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How Scott Colom Defied More Than A Century Of History To...
Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, CNN’s Decision Desk projects that Scott Colom will become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982.
