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August 1, 2010
VIDEO - African-Americans are are ten times less likely to develop skin cancer compared to their white counterparts. However, they're…
July 30, 2010
VIDEO - Medical oncologist Dr. Sandra Swain is leading a new initiative at Washington Hospital Center to recruit more African…
July 30, 2010
OPINON - African-Americans comprise more than half of all NFL players, so increased risk of head trauma should be of…
July 27, 2010
theGRIO VIDEO - Shannon Tavarez's best chance for survival is a bone marrow transplant, but because African-Americans are underrepresented in…
July 23, 2010
VIENNA (AP) - President Obama says Washington is committed to continuing the progress made in battling the disease while Clinton…
July 21, 2010
OPINION - While studies show it could prevent four out of ten women from contracting HIV, this is by no…
July 20, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa, a nation of about 50 million, has an estimated 5.7 million people infected with HIV,…
July 19, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Poverty is perhaps the most important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with the AIDS virus,…
July 19, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - In his plan President Obama calls on the help of health and service organizations to accomplish the…
July 15, 2010
OPINION - Not only do most black kids not know how to swim, the concept of 'most' is not an…
July 14, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - Athletes, rappers and in some cases children are only obsessed with the highs and are unaware of…
July 13, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Approximately 56,000 people in the U.S. become infected each year with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS,…
July 13, 2010
OPINION - While drug use and its consequences affect every community in this country, African-American communities have been among the…
July 12, 2010
Though the pint-sized Coleman was a giant talent, with incredible success in his early years, his life post-"Diff'rent Strokes" was…
July 12, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Michelle Obama says Americans need to change their eating habits to avoid producing the nation's…