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January 23, 2013
The NAACP's New York state branch and the Hispanic Federation have joined beverage makers and sellers in trying to stop…
November 14, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says black women are 40 percent more likely to die…
July 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Of the over 600,000 residents of the District of Columbia, 2.7 percent are living with HIV. Despite…
July 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Black teens are engaging in less risky sexual behavior than two decades ago, according to new data...
June 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Of the 1.1 million Americans living with HIV and AIDS, one in five is unaware of his…
March 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - One in 32 black women are at risk of being diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime, compared…
March 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - By breastfeeding her daughter in a restaurant, Beyoncé unwittingly joined the growing ranks of mommy "lactivists" taking…
December 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Here are five myths that simply must go if we are ever going to advance further in…
November 17, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials say birth rates for America's youngest mothers hit new lows last year...
August 11, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The only factor more influential than socioeconomic status was having a previously diagnosed sexually transmitted infection --…
August 3, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - This is not a coincidence, according to infectious disease experts...
August 3, 2011
OPINION - A recent study of 21 major cities found that the majority of young black gay and bisexual men…
July 5, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials say colon cancer deaths continue to drop across America -- except in the state of…
June 15, 2011
A new study has found that self-reported sleep disturbance correlated to perceived racism, which was increased by 61 percent after…
May 31, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - When the first case of AIDS was reported on June 5, 1981, AIDS was described as a…
May 24, 2011
Black Americans saw no improvement in life expectancy, remaining at 74 years and three months...
November 24, 2010
CLUTCH - Smoking and RA are also connected by genetics; individuals that are positive with the HLA-DRB1 eptiope have a…
October 22, 2010
ST. MARC, Haiti (AP) - Haitian officials, including President Rene Preval, have been pointing to the lack of severe disease…