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May 13, 2022
Ongoing supply disruptions and a recent safety recall have created a baby formula shortage, and parents are worried.
May 10, 2022
Disney Springs, the popular shopping center in Walt Disney World has officially opened a Local Green their first Black-owned eatery.
May 10, 2022
Testing for COVID-19 has plummeted across the globe, making it much tougher for scientists to track the course of the…
May 9, 2022
Vandals allegedly struck the Madison, Wisconsin, office on Sunday, leaving a spray-painted message on the exterior; no one was hurt.
May 9, 2022
An AP poll shows that 39% of employees who had worked at home but have returned to the office say…
May 8, 2022
Since the early '90s, birthrates have dropped 20-year-olds, pushing the median age of U.S. women giving birth to 30, the highest…
May 5, 2022
As the federal government moves to end funding for COVID care, hospital costs are rising, healthcare experts say.
May 5, 2022
A recent study uncovers links between an aggressive form of uterine cancer and its disproportionate impact on black women.
May 5, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The husband of a Black woman who died hours after childbirth in 2016 sued Cedars-Sinai Medical
May 1, 2022
According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, Black doctors made up just 5% of active physicians in the U.S.…
April 30, 2022
The FDA's recently proposed ban on menthol cigarettes prompts researchers to call out the history advertisements targeting Black communities.
April 29, 2022
Though restrictions, including mask mandates, have eased, the increased risk continues for Blacks and Hispanics.
April 28, 2022
After beating cancer twice, a 74-year-old woman has married for the first time and she hopes her journey inspires other…
April 28, 2022
Menthol cigarette brands are going to be phased out by the FDA and they've finally announced a specific plan to…
April 28, 2022
Moderna wants to be the first pharmaceutical company that provides COVID vaccine shots for the smallest of children.
April 27, 2022
Spelman College has chosen Helene Gayle, an epidemiologist who spent decades fighting AIDS and HIV, as its president.
April 25, 2022
For all the harm that COVID-19 has wrought, a silver lining in this dark cloud that still hangs over our…
April 24, 2022
Nasal vaccines are tricky to develop and it’s not clear how quickly any could become available, but several are in…
April 23, 2022
Airlines are offering options, including refunds in some cases, for people worried about flying with passengers not wearing face masks.
soul food
April 22, 2022
Soul food is one way—a fundamental way—that Black people have been able to feel a sense of kinship with other…