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Toxic Legacy: How Lead in Schools Is Silently Harming Black Kids

Photo Credit: Getty Images By Quintessa Williams This article was originally published on Word In Black. Dionna Brown was two weeks shy of her 15th birthday when...

NIH pulls plug on Black infant health study

Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA. A federally funded study exploring why Black babies in Detroit are disproportionately born prematurely has been abruptly terminated by...

The Death of Ananda Lewis: A Warning for Black Women

Ananda Lewis (Photo Facebook) Overview: After announcing her late-stage diagnosis in 2020, Lewis used her fame and social media presence to convince Black women of the...

Dr. Ngozi Ezike on Closing the Cancer Survival Gap in Black Chicago Communities

Dr. Ngozi Ezike (Photo Courtesy of Sinai Chicago). A recent American Cancer Society-led report shed light on the progress cancer research and treatment have...

President Biden’s Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Underscores Urgent Need for Awareness, Screening, and Action

President Joe Biden delivers remarks to Department of Defense personnel, with Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, the...

Black Babies Are Still Dying—And America Let It Happen

A sweeping new analysis of U.S. mortality data over the past 70 years reveals that Black children in the United States have consistently faced...
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