Category: Featured News, Health, State/National News
Racial and Ethnic Disparities Show Up in NICU Care
By Erin Digitale – (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Babies’ racial and ethnic identities influence the quality of medical care...
What’s Goin’ On With Your Health? African American Women Continue to Die at Higher Rates from Breast Cancer
Submitted by Dr. Candice Lucas and Dr. Karen Reifenstein on behalf of the African American Health Coalition – As we come to...
Study Reveals: Racial Microaggressions May Reveal Deeper Beliefs
By Kim Eckart – (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Whites who are more likely to make microaggressions against Black people are also...
Study: Minority Women More Susceptible to Lupus
Minority women are more likely to be diagnosed with lupus, a new study shows. According to two new studies funded by the U.S. Centers for...
Diabetes Rises to New High in the U. S. as Communities Take Action Against It
By Jane Kennedy – (TriceEdneyWire.com) – The prevalence of diabetes in the U.S. climbed to a new high of 11.6 percent...
Universal Care Services Works with Groups to Provide Home Care to Senior Citizens
By Staff – Universal Care Services (UCS) has recently begun working with The Greater Rochester Area Partnership for the...
Monroe County Health Department Receives National Accreditation for Emergency Preparedness
By Staff – The Monroe County Department of Public Health has recently received accreditation from the National Association of...
Medicaid Provides Health Coverage for 28 Percent of Black Adults and 57 Percent of Black Children
By Dawn Godbolt, Ph.D. – (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Medicaid plays a significant role in providing health care to...
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...
