Final Push To Get Blacks Signed Up For Health Insurance
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – With less than two weeks left to sign up for insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act, grassroots supporters of the...
Living With Kidney Disease: Charlette Duckett’s Personal Story
It hit me after the birth of my second child: kidney failure. I knew I was at risk because I had lupus, a chronic...
Affordable Health Care For Black America
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
NNPA Columnist
For the majority of more than 45 million Black Americans and millions of others who have been historically denied...
Not Enough Blacks Staying In HIV Treatment Programs
By Freddie Allen
NNPA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Even though Blacks get tested for HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus that causes AIDS more than...
Reducing The Risk Of HIV By 90 Percent
By Phill Wilson
NNPA Columnist
This Friday, February 7h, is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). It’s an opportunity for the nation to take a...
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...
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...
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There’s A New Excitement Around The WNBA This Season
Ticket sales for the Chicago Sky have jumped. Celebrities are wearing Indiana Fever jerseys. Google searches for the league are higher than ever. Everyone is talking about the WNBA. And the hype is real.