Health

A compelling new television ad campaign designed to reach African American families aims to address vaccine hesitancy and encourages African American families to get children five and older vaccinated. The new ads, broadcast on TV […]

GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation (GuideWell), the parent to a family of forward-thinking companies focused on transforming health care, today announced the appointment of Kelli Tice, MD as the enterprise’s first ever Chief Health Equity Officer. […]

By Eddy “Precise” Lamarre – Source: www.rollingout.com – Catherina Malone-Taylor is the founder of the Black Mental Health Guide. She provides Black mental health professionals with the infrastructure to grow a sustainable practice through branding, operational […]

By Savannah Tribune | on December 22, 2021 – December is almost over. As you look back over 2019, reflect not only on what you did to help take care of others, but what you did to take care of […]

By Jason Howland – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends everyone over 6 months get a flu shot every season with rare exceptions. Dr. Priya Sampathkumar, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases specialist, says getting vaccinated for the flu […]

By Darryl Sellers – The COVID-19 pandemic has been a very trying, taxing, and tenuous time for Black Americans who have felt the effects of the virus. For Jacksonville City Council President Samuel Newby, there’s one […]

By Nycole K. Joseph, M.D. – Stroke is the second-leading cause of death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, and in the United States, about 800,000 strokes occur per year. Eighty-seven percent of strokes […]

On November 10-13th, Mayo Clinic hosted the 6th Biennial Science of Global Prostate Cancer Disparities in Black men virtual Conference. The theme was the Science of Survivorship (S.O.S): Eliminating Prostate Cancer Disparities in Black Men […]

By alexosiadacz –Breast cancer does not discriminate ― a truth that a young Florida woman knows three times over. While in college, Jessica Florence found a lump on her right breast. The 21-year-old initially did not […]

Influenza is so common that sometimes the risk it poses is overlooked. But the truth is, the flu can cause serious illness that leads to hospitalization or even death – especially when the virus is […]