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...
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....
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...
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...
The Obama Administration Is Hustlin’ Backwards
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By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III
(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...
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Black Americans Have Doubts About the U.S. Food System, New Word...
A new Word In Black survey reveals Black Americans deeply value healthy eating but face steep barriers: six in 10 distrust food safety, rising prices force trade-downs to cheaper options, and most want lower costs, more neighborhood grocery stores, and nutrition education to bridge the gap between knowledge and access.
