The nation is having a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad flu season.
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How hospitals are failing Black mothers
“It was really hard to bathe in here, and I found myself not wanting to touch the walls,” she explained. The bathroom is where Brocks-Capla’s son Kareem Jones died in 2013 at age 36, from sickle cell disease.
Citing Congress’ failure to restore federal funding of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Alabama plans to drop 7,000 kids from coverage on New Year’s Day. The first step to shutting down coverage for everyone, state officials said Monday.
The government lifted a three-year moratorium Tuesday on funding for research into ways that certain viruses can be made more virulent and transmissible, announcing a new plan for assessing applications to study these and other dangerous pathogens
While sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a concern for all, statistics show that Black people are particularly at risk.
The Nation’s annual survey of students reported today marijuana use among all grades was higher than last year, signaling that marijuana use is rising in a growing culture of acceptability.
I was dreading it. A group exercise where participants share their experiences and insights from the night before, integration required a level of openness I had not yet reached
Aerobic exercise, or “cardio,” might be the closest thing to a miracle drug that we have.
Nearly 9 million children are insured through CHIP, which covers mostly working-class families. The program has bipartisan support in both the House and Senate, but Congress let federal funding for CHIP expire in September.