Report: Brand Name Drug Prices Increasing Dramatically
Washington, DC - According to a new AARP Public Policy Report, retail prices for brand name prescription drugs widely used by older Americans shot...
Enhanced Ebola Screenings To Begin At Five U.S. Airports
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs & Border Protection (CBP) announced that they will begin...
EPA To Require Air Pollution Measurements In Black Communities
By Jazelle Hunt
NNPA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency may require oil refineries to regularly measure the air...
With Over 1,000 Infected, Can the Ebola Virus Be Stopped?
Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Global Information Network
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – As an Ebola epidemic sweeps relentlessly across West African borders, with the...
Disabled Americans Seek More Consumer Protection
By Jazelle Hunt
Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In a popular TV advertisement, ordinary citizens loudly declare to the world, “It’s my money, and I need...
Toward A Cure For HIV: The Promise Of The ‘Mississippi Baby’
By Linda Villarosa
Special to the NNPA from The Black AIDS Institute
MELBOURNE, Australia – Is the glass half empty – or half full? That was...
HIV-Positive For 20-Plus Years and ‘One Of The Lucky Ones’
By Linda Villarosa
Special to NNPA from The Black AIDS Institute
MELBOURNE, Australia – Steven Watiti was diagnosed with HIV in 1993. His wife was pregnant...
Nation’s Only Black Hospital In Danger Of Closing
By Jeffrey L. Boney
Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times
Community leaders and activists are in an uproar and are calling on the Obama...
It’s Easy To Learn Your HIV Status
By Phill Wilson
NNPA Guest Columnist
Do you know your HIV status? Do you know the HIV status of your intimate partner(s)? Do all of your...
Concussions A Greater Problem For Black Youth
By Jazelle Hunt
Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite the flurry of news about NFL lawsuits over concussions, the problem affects far more athletes at the...
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Grand Jury Finds No Evidence Of Criminal Wrongdoing In Nolan Wells’...
A grand jury unanimously found that there was no evidence to support bringing charges in the death of Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old who was found dead after a Fourth of July trip with friends off the coast of Mississippi.
