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Nikita Pearl Waligwa
February 16, 2020
Queen of Katwe star Nikita Pearl Waligwa died Sunday at the age of 15 a brain tumor which had gone…
February 14, 2020
Dr. Jackie Walters is determined to transform taboo discussions surrounding vaginal health into everyday conversation.
February 4, 2020
The Lives of Men is a Black men's support group that is bringing them together in the aftermath of Kobe…
February 4, 2020
Rosario Dawson has shared that going to therapy has allowed both her and daughter Isabella to heal from their past…
Peanut thegrio.com
February 2, 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new medication to treat potentially deadly peanut allergies in children.
Michelle Obama voting, NBA, WNBA thegrio.com
January 18, 2020
The Trump administration is continuing its efforts to roll back healthy school lunch standards that was promoted by former First…
January 10, 2020
On a televised appearance, the fitness expert's perspective about bodies like Lizzo's got well-deserved backlash and it made her seem…
Breast Cancer
December 5, 2019
According to researchers, a correlation has been shown between breast cancer in women and hair dye, but among Black women…
November 27, 2019
Food experts are saying that washing your Thanksgiving turkey could spread dangerous germs around your kitchen and advise against it
November 18, 2019
About 100,000 people in the U.S. suffer from sickle cell disease, but Adakveo, a drug just approved by the FDA…
pregnant woman
November 18, 2019
The 2019 March of Dimes Report Card finds that Black women are three to four times more likely to die…
Health_Care_TheGrio
November 14, 2019
NY State lawmaker Michaelle C. Solages, is attempting to move forward a bill that would do away with "virginity exams"…
October 25, 2019
Robert Chelsea, whose face suffered extreme burns in a 2013 auto crash, had a new face surgically attached and doctors…
October 24, 2019
A group of churches in Chicago found a way to buy the medical debt of more than 5,800 families, pay…
Black baby in hospital theGrio.com
October 10, 2019
This week California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill to address the crisis of Black women dying after childbirth…