Posts in category Health

A sweeping new analysis of U.S. mortality data over the past 70 years reveals that Black children in the United States have consistently faced significantly …

STOCK PHOTO A daycare facility in a Texas county that’s part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully …

John Green PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM So you read “The Fault in Our Stars” or watched John Green on YouTube, and, if you’re like me, …

STOCK PHOTO ATLANTA (AP) — Black women around the world gather in salons, dorm rooms and living rooms for hours at a time to get …

London (AP) — You can have your cake and eat it too — just do it slowly. Experts tend to focus on the kinds of …

EDDA L. FIELDS-BLACK is the proud daughter of Eddie Fields, esq., and icon Dorothy Jenkins Fields, founder of the Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater. PHOTO …

STOCK PHOTO Washington (AP) — The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is known best for enforcing the right to disability services across America’s schools. …

Kampala, Uganda (AP) — Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa. No disease is deadlier on the continent, especially for children. …

Washington (AP) — Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you …

On Dec. 8, the air was crisp as Kimberly Douglas made her way to her son Bryce’s gravestone in National Harmony Memorial Park in Landover. …