Category: Featured News, Health, Local News
Monroe County Urges Residents to Prepare for Extreme Winter Weather
By Staff – Monroe County is urging residents to prepare for the extreme winter weather expected to impact the area this...
County to Sponsor American Red Cross Blood Drive to Prevent Blood Shortage
By Staff – Monroe County will sponsor an American Red Cross Blood Drive Wednesday, Dec. 13, in the County Office Building...
Gas Industries Are Poisoning African-Americans
By Dashea Smith – (TriceEdneyWire.com) – The NAACP and the Clean Air Task Force (CATF) have co-authored a landmark report...
Rev. Jackson’s Diagnosis: Parkinson’s Disease – What it is and How it Affects African-Americans
By Glenn Ellis – (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Last week, civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., 76, revealed that he has...
Drug That Prevents HIV Infection is Little Known in Black Community Where Disease Rates are Highest
By Anna Challet – (TriceEdneyWire.com) – A drug that prevents HIV infection has been available for five years. But even...
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...
