Ā The CDC emphasized the importance of staying updated on vaccinations against respiratory viruses. Beyond COVID-19 and influenza, a global uptick in pneumonia cases in children is…
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Lawrence-Walls opened her first community farm, Ivy Leaf Farms, in 2019. Hoping to use agriculture to promote food security within the neighborhood that raised her, she partnered with fellow farmer Jeremy Peaches and founded Black Farmer Box. The community support program provides locally sourced produce to residents in underserved communities. Lawrence-Walls and Peaches also saved profits from their business and opened Fresh Houwse Grocery in 2021, serving residents in the historically Black Sunnyside neighborhood of South Houston.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Dr. Tamar is an enthusiastic proponent of medical cannabis and cannabidiol (CBD) to not only help relieve symptoms of Alzheimerās, such as anxiety, sleeplessness and agitated behavior, but also to prevent the onset of the disease.
– The Guerrieri Family Foundation, in an ongoing commitment to the mission of Holy Cross Health, has announced that its latest donation brings the foundationās total giving to more than $7 million.
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Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new gene-editing therapy to treat Sickle Cell Disease, a debilitating blood disorder that affects at least 100,000 Americans, most of whom are Black. The treatment, called Casgevy, is the first approved medicine in the U.S. to use the groundbreaking gene-editing tool CRISPR to alter DNA.
Ā Ā Ā Ā The pancreas, situated behind the liver, produces hormones that assist in digestion and control of blood sugar levels. Pancreatic cancer, as in Reynoldsā case, is often detected too late to save a patientās life.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā The latest findings on life expectancy in the United States from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) underscored a noteworthy upswing for the African American population in 2022. With the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continuing, the NCHS has highlighted the positive strides in health outcomes, particularly for Black Americans.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ify Ifebi, founder of the African Womenās Cancer Awareness Association (AWCAA), remembers welcoming her mother to the United States in 1989, coming to assist her a few weeks after the birth of her daughter.
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