CDC: 48 percent rise of HIV in gay, bisexual black men
theGRIO REPORT - This is not a coincidence, according to infectious disease experts...
Anti-gay stigma sparks rise in black male HIV rates
OPINION - A recent study of 21 major cities found that the majority of young black gay and bisexual men who were HIV-infected were unaware of their HIV status...
Colon cancer deaths down except in Mississippi
ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials say colon cancer deaths continue to drop across America -- except in the state of Mississippi...
Poor sleep linked to perceived racism, including in white people
A new study has found that self-reported sleep disturbance correlated to perceived racism, which was increased by 61 percent after adjusting for socioeconomic factors and symptoms of depression...
Changing face of HIV in black communities
theGRIO REPORT - When the first case of AIDS was reported on June 5, 1981, AIDS was described as a disease of white gay men...
Black-white life expectancy gap expands
Black Americans saw no improvement in life expectancy, remaining at 74 years and three months...
African-American smokers at higher risk for arthritis
CLUTCH - Smoking and RA are also connected by genetics; individuals that are positive with the HLA-DRB1 eptiope have a higher risk of developing the disease as well...
Cholera outbreak feared in rural Haiti — 142 dead
ST. MARC, Haiti (AP) - Haitian officials, including President Rene Preval, have been pointing to the lack of severe disease outbreaks as a hard-to-see success of the quake response...
