Managing Pain And Opioid Addiction In The Black Community
By Patricia Maryland
NNPA Guest Columnist
As America grapples with prescription opioid addiction, an epidemic shattering communities across our nation, healthcare providers face a challenging question:...
African-Americans And The ACA: Much Accomplished, More To Do
By Pat Maryland
NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist
The passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) promised to improve the delivery of healthcare services in America—especially...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Raising Awareness And Saving Lives
(Trice Edney Wire) - “Too often, precious lives are interrupted or cut short by cancer. Breast cancer, one of the most common cancers among American...
Ebola: Fight The Disease, Not The Victims
The spread of the deadly Ebola virus in Africa is a global health emergency. Countries around the world must join together to mobilize the...
CDC Locks Out Black Providers
By Phil Wilson
NNPA Columnist
On March 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded $115 million over five years to 21 organizations to...
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...
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...
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Senate Passes $70 Billion Ice And Border Patrol Bill, Overcoming Internal...
Senate Republicans passed a $70 billion immigration enforcement package, delivering a major political win to President Trump after weeks of struggling to pass the bill, while also rejecting efforts to kill the $1.8 billion Justice Department fund he had supported.
