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(Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com)  – In this interview, Prof. Leon McDougle, MD, MPH, president of the National Medical Association (NMA), speaks to Medical News Today about vaccine hesitancy among Black Americans and some of the initiatives that […]

(www.dispatch.com) – The mid-December news from the Ohio Department of Health was discouraging: Following years of effort to reduce the rate of infant mortality, new numbers showed that not only did the overall rate remain unchanged, the […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – The importance of the position is underscored by Covid-19 statistics, which show that African Americans are disproportionately affected by the […]

Only 17 percent of Black and Latino study participants from across Alabama told researchers they are willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine in a set of focus groups with UAB last month. “I didn’t expect […]

By Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA  – Samantina Zenon is a mental health care advocate, educator and actress, and in 2019 the Haitian-born mogul was named one of the most influential content creators by […]

The uncertainty and developing nature of the coronavirus pandemic continues to generate related misinformation. Fact-checkers have been hard at work debunking falsehoods online, with nearly 10,000 fact checks about the pandemic currently showing up across our products. […]

Rashes can appear differently on different skin tones. For example, a heat rash on darker skin may look like a series of gray or white spots, while many medical sources describe them as red. It […]

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month. Join the nationwide effort to raise awareness of birth defects and their impact on families! “Join CDC in sharing information on ways to plan for a healthy pregnancy […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – “I don’t trust this hospital, and I’m asking to be transferred. These people wanted to send me home with new pulmonary infiltrates […]

By Colleen Long The Associated Press – Government urges consumer caution – The coronavirus vaccine inching toward approval in the U.S. is desperately anticipated by weary Americans longing for a path back to normal life. But […]