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February 21, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sesame Street's Big Bird is helping Michelle Obama encourage kids to eat healthier and be more active...
February 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Breast ironing, a practice that involves flattening a young girl's breasts with highly-heated stones, pestles, spatulas or…
February 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Bay Area journalist Kevin Weston, 44, says he has no recollection of marrying the love of his…
February 18, 2013
OPINION - We’ve seen how people, organizations and events have shaped who we are as African-American women...
February 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Many parents lament over their children not following directions, lack of focus or inability to sit still...
February 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Affectionately known to her patients as “Dr. G,” Dr. Naeemah Ghafur, 41, is a family medicine physician…
February 14, 2013
SLIDESHOW - With consequences ranging from catching a virus to bad gingivitis, sometimes a kiss is not just a kiss...
February 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A new report shows that nearly 20 million new sexually transmitted infections occur annually...
February 13, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Dr. Kafui Dzirasa, 34, is the first African-American to complete a PhD in neurobiology at Duke University...
February 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The pediatrician’s first reaction to then second-grader Kayla Haye’s budding breasts—a sign of the child’s premature puberty—was…
February 11, 2013
theGRIO'S 100 - Dr. Marilyn Hughes Gaston and Dr. Gayle K. Porter have both received numerous honors for their work.…
February 8, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - There’s been a significant increase in HIV testing among black women in just the last three years.…
February 7, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Dr. Charles Crutchfield, 52, is a practicing dermatologist, educator, inventor, entrepreneur and author in the St. Paul/Minneapolis…
February 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - It’s pretty well understood that unprotected vaginal intercourse places the two people involved at a higher risk…
February 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - About 4.7 low-income million Americans who would be newly eligible for Medicaid in 2014 live in the…