Health

NNPA NEWSWIRE —By Dr. Lucille Ridgill – One major reason Black people suffer disproportionately from Alzheimer’s is we are underrepresented in dementia research, in part because many of us are unwilling to donate our brains […]

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon – It’s not just the ‘quarantine 15.’ With so much social and economic turmoil and uncertainty, many of us are stress eating. Take back your health with this plan. You’ve worked hard to […]

By Stacy M. Brown- NNPA Newswire- As more corporations jump into the fray, offering statements of support for African Americans in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, a […]

By Michael Wayland- Black Americans are disproportionately getting sick and dying from the coronavirus. It’s a plague that has laid bare, not just vulnerabilities in the U.S. hospital system, but gaping disparities in access to […]

NNPA By Stacy M. Brown – In a CNN interview, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar attributed the high coronavirus death rate to unhealthy African Americans. Azar claimed that Black and minority communities have […]

Written by Maria Cohut Ph.D.  – Women who are black or of ethnic minorities made up more than half of pregnant women admitted to hospitals with COVID-19 in the U.K. – A recent analysis of […]

By Dr. Kevin Williams, the Chief Medical Officer for Rare Disease at Pfizer – The “Ask Dr. Kevin” series is brought to you by Pfizer Rare Disease in collaboration with the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) […]

By Kelsey Marie – As May comes to a close and we enter June, it’s hard to accept the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic is still not over. While cases aren’t spreading as rapidly as […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — BlackPressUSA – “I am honored to collaborate with the NNPA on behalf of the American Heart Association to share facts and insights to support the health news and resources shared directly with […]

by Lydia Blanco – Black women and their children in America are dying at alarming rates. Data and research over the last year have revealed that the medical needs of black women often go overlooked […]