Health

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Yulani Semien, The Drum Youth Reporter – The seventh grader appears on OLOL commercials, posters, and websites. He has participated in the hospital’s media-thons, events, fundraisers, and the grand opening for […]

Women are 49.6% of the world’s population. An estimated 70% of the health and social care workforce are women; they deliver care to around 5 billion people. Women are also at the front-line of the battle against the COVID-19 […]

By Janelle King, RN – As you get older your bladder weakens and is less stretchy, which can make trips to the bathroom more frequent. Ugh. These changes not only can disrupt your day-to-day life […]

By Tresha Gibbs, MD , Luca Pauselli, MD , Ulrick Vieux, DO , Myles Solan , Paul Rosenfield, MD – The coronavirus 2019 pandemic has impacted people of color disproportionately. SARS-CoV-2 infection case rates, hospitalizations, and death rates among black, Latinx, and Native […]

By Dr. Flava Pharm.D | October 5, 2020 | October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and just last week Ananda Lewis shocked us all with her diagnosis. Secondly, her decision for not getting mammograms is one that she regrets; however, her […]

By Editor in Chief Claire McIntosh  & Simone Martin-Newberry– Invite your besties to break out the markers and join you for a virtual coffee break as you mindfully create a colorful, joyful and serene scene celebrating sister-friendship. […]

By Porsha Monique | October 5, 2020 | Uterine fibroids are the most common pelvic tumor in women. It is estimated that up to 80% of adult African-American women have these benign tumors. While these tumors are […]

LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s Supreme Court has ruled that bread sold by the fast food chain Subway contains so much sugar that it cannot be legally defined as bread. The ruling came in a tax […]

Scientists often consider their work and their institutions unbiased. After all, scientists rely on a rigorous set of experiments to test hypotheses and arrive at conclusions that inform what the rest of us know to […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Admiral Brett P. Giroir, Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Ja’Ron Smith, Deputy Assistant to the President The most exciting news is that the […]