Category: Editorial, Health
What’s Goin’ On With Your Health? African-American History in Health Care – When white folks catch a cold, black folks catch pneumonia
Submitted by Erica Clark on behalf of the African American Health Coalition (convened by Common Ground Health) – As our...
Party With a Purpose: Fighting HIV Among Black Women at the 2017 Essence Festival
Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Black AIDS Institute (TriceEdneyWire.com) – An estimated 1 in 49 women will be...
What’s Goin’ On With Your Health? Care The Way You Want It: Cultural Humility in Health Care Providers
Submitted by Dr. Linda Clark on behalf of the African American Health Coalition (convened by Common Ground Health)- Every person...
Health Insurance Premiums Likely To Spike In NYS Next Year, Despite Bans And Regulations
Gov. Cuomo is doing his part to make sure New York State insurers cover the 10 essential health benefits currently required under the...
What’s Goin’ On With Your Health? Medicaid is Vital for Health Services
Submitted by Amanda Gallipeau on behalf of the African American Health Coalition (convened by Common Ground Health) – You...
Sheppard Announces Platform in Mayoral Race
By Staff- Former Rochester Police Chief and Monroe County Legislator James Sheppard held a press conference Monday to officially...
What’s Goin’ On With Your Health? What Can We Do to Prevent STDs?
Submitted by Juireith Donko-Hanson, MPH, on behalf of the African American Health Coalition (convened by Common Ground...
Ebola Reappears in Congo and Vaccine is Readied for Crucial Test
(TriceEdneyWire.com/GIN) – After a deadly Ebola epidemic two years ago, scientists not only developed a vaccine, but it appears to be 100...
What’s Goin’ on with Your Health? African Americans Can Do More to Reduce Tobacco-Related Illnesses
Submitted by Annalisa Rogers on behalf of the African American Health Coalition You may be aware that smoking is the leading cause of lung...
African-American Children Have Higher Mortality Rates Due to Diabetes Than Any Other Demographic
African American children have a higher death rate from diabetes than any of their peers. For perspective, these fatality rates are more...
