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What RFK Jr. as Health Secretary Means for Black Well-Being

Photo Credit Gage Skidmore/Flickr By Jennifer Porter Gore Overview: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office...

Equal Hope Holds Successful 3rd Annual “Teal Talk” Health & Resource Fair

Photo Provided. Chicagoans attended Equal Hope’s 3rd Annual “Teal Talk” Health & Resource Fair recently at the Humboldt Park Field House, held in honor of...

Dementia: The Silent Epidemic Stealing Our Loved Ones

Black Americans are twice as likely to develop dementia, yet awareness and early intervention remain low (Photo Credit Aalok Soni/baseimage). BHM Our Voices: Viewpoints on...

Cancer’s Shifting Threat: Key Findings from the 2025 ACS Report

Photo Credit: Getty Images Signature This isn’t breaking news, but cancer remains a scourge in this country. The latest report from the American Cancer Society...

Advocate Health Care to make $1B investment on Chicago’s South Side

Together with faith and community leaders, elected officials, physicians and nurses, Advocate Health Care announced today that it will invest $1B to expand access...

Cook County Launches Free Doula Care Initiative to Tackle Maternal Mortality Crisis

Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle (Photo Courtesy of Cook County Gov't.). In a groundbreaking move to address the...

Black Infant Mortality Rate More Than Double That Of White Infants: Report

Though infant mortality rates remained the same from 2022 to 2023, racial and ethnic disparities still persisted, ABC News reports. On Thursday (November 14), a...

TCA Health Breaks Ground on New Nutrition and Wellness Center in Altgeld Gardens

Photo Credit: TCA Health, Inc. NFP/Facebook On Thursday (Nov. 7), TCA Health broke ground on a new Nutrition and Wellness Center in the Altgeld Gardens/Riverdale...

Chicagoland Restaurants Join Fight Against Cancer with Equal Hope’s 2nd Annual Breastaurant Tour

On hand for the kickoff were, left to right, Dr. Paris Thomas, Executive Director, Equal Hope; Aisha Murff, President of Haire’s Gulf Shrimp; and...

Wellness West Forum Tackles Food Insecurity

State Rep. Camille Lilly (Photos Provided).  Nearly 150 people gathered at the Garfield Park Conservatory on Oct. 10 for "Bridging the Equity Gap: Food Insecurity...

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