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Meet Tiffany Alexander, 27, co-founder of a pediatrics urgent care facility in Birmingham | Birmingham Times
Ameera Steward, Birmingham Times Tiffany Alexander (Amarr Croskey photo). Featured Image [dropcap]Spending[/dropcap] long periods of time in a hospital with her mother, who had been diagnosed with cancer, gave Tiffany Alexander a love for health care and helping others. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “We always had a great medical staff [at Russell Medical Center in Alexander City, […]
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Welcome to Detroit, where black babies are at higher risk of death | The Guardian
Mothers face extreme deprivation due to mass water shut-offs, hospital deserts and stress from economic racism. As a result, Detroit leads in premature births.
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Double-digit jump in hunger for Philly, the country’s poorest big city | The Philadelphia Tribune
Aaron Moselle , The Philadelphia Tribune Photo via Witnesses to Hunger Facebook. Featured Image [dropcap]New[/dropcap] research shows hunger has gotten worse in Philadelphia over the last six years, even as it’s gotten better nationwide. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Between 2012 and 2017, food insecurity — or the inability to always afford sufficient food — increased 22 percent, […]
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D.C. on ‘Cusp’ of Gold Standard for Health | The Washington Informer
The District has again earned a citation as one of America’s healthiest cities.
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The Infuriating Reason People With Dark Skin Are At A Greater Risk For Skin Cancer
Perhaps the most common skin-care myth in the Black community is that, because we have more melanin than those with lighter skin, we’re somehow impervious to the sun’s harmful rays. Guess what? This couldn’t be further from the truth.
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South Africa’s Bid to End AIDS
South Africa has pledged to ramp up efforts to end its massive HIV/AIDS epidemic, the world’s largest. Come September, it will offer every infected person ARVs, which both stave off disease and make people less infectious.
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End-of-Life Decisions Are More Challenging for Black People – KOLUMN Magazine
Fueled by religious beliefs and mistrust of the medical system, the lack of end-of-life planning has long-lasting financial consequences.
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Genetic Analysis Of African Americans From African Diaspora And Great Migration Reveals Unique Ancestry, Origins
Where are you really from? It’s a question that most African Americans cannot answer beyond their home state.
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Lack Of HIV Treatment Funding In Black America Is Enabling Epidemic Infection Rates – KOLUMN
A 2016 prediction from the CDC estimated that 1 in 51 Georgians will contract HIV in their lifetime.
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