The Health Divide: Old Inequities in New Obesity Drugs, and New Looks at Long COVID and Cystic Fibrosis Disparities

The Health Divide: Old Inequities in New Obesity Drugs, and New Looks at Long COVID and Cystic Fibrosis Disparities

Editorial credit: Marc Bruxelle / Shutterstock.com By Amber Dance | Center for Health Journalism Black people feel left out of weight-loss drug craze. Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic have rapidly surged in popularity, but the benefits aren’t being distributed equally, reports Anissa Durham in a Word In Black–STAT collaboration.   “Many Black Americans … worry that their […]

Juneteenth Celebrates Just one of the United States’ 20 Emancipation Days – and the History of How Emancipated People Were Kept Unfree Needs to Be Remembered, Too

Juneteenth Celebrates Just one of the United States’ 20 Emancipation Days – and the History of How Emancipated People Were Kept Unfree Needs to Be Remembered, Too

Philadelphia, PA / USA – June 22 2019: Juneteenth Parade Philadelphia at Malcom X Park African American Independence Day. (Shutterstock) By Kris Manjapra, The Conversation The actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first heard the word that freedom for the enslaved had come. There were […]

Enough! Racist Rhetoric Will Always Generate Violence and Death

Enough! Racist Rhetoric Will Always Generate Violence and Death

BUFFALO, NEW YORK/ USA – JUNE 4TH, 2020: Demonstration Anti-Racism protest in Buffalo New York in response to George Floyd’s death. Peaceful Protesters take over downtown Buffalo and Allen town. (Shutterstock) By Maribel Hastings and David Torres, America’s Voice As unfortunate as Saturday’s deadly shooting was in Buffalo, New York, which claimed the lives of […]

Family Wellness Suites Reopen and Welcome the Community Back at Neighborhood Health Action Centers

Family Wellness Suites provide a welcoming space for parents and babies and offer programs including birthing classes, breastfeeding support, and other resources. To recognize Black Maternal Health Week and the reopening of the Family Wellness Suites, the Health Department is hosting community events at the Neighborhood Health Action Centers.

Family Wellness Suites Reopen and Welcome the Community Back at Neighborhood Health Action Centers

April 13, 2022 – The Health Department today announced the reopening of the Family Wellness Suites at its Neighborhood Health Action Centers. The Family Wellness Suites provide birthing people and their families a safe, welcoming, and supportive space where families can participate in a range of parenting and birthing classes, connect to community resources and receive critical supplies […]

A Leaked Video Exemplifies What Black Migrants Endure in US Detention Centers

A Leaked Video Exemplifies What Black Migrants Endure in US Detention Centers

By John Washington and José Olivares, Business Insider In the fall of 2020, Brandon was playing the FIFA 2020 video game in the rec room of the LaSalle Correctional Center in Louisiana, where he had been locked up for five months. A Salvadoran man, watching the action over Brandon’s shoulder, started joking around, covering Brandon’s […]

19 Inspiring Black Inventors and Their Inventions You Should Know About

19 Inspiring Black Inventors and Their Inventions You Should Know About

By Dream McClinton, Thomas Net Black History Month was created in part to reflect the many ways Black Americans have contributed to the world and the United States. Though the feats of Black people have historically been diminished through systematic racism, research from Brookings suggests in the so-called Golden Age of Invention (a period from […]

One in 10 Black People Living in the U.S. are Immigrants, New Study Shows

Black immigrants have higher incomes and more education than U.S.-born Black people, but advocates say racism still holds them back.

One in 10 Black People Living in the U.S. are Immigrants, New Study Shows

By Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post The demographics of America’s Black population are in the middle of a major shift, with 1 in 10 having been born outside the United States. That’s 4.6 million Americans, a figure that is projected to grow to 9.5 million by 2060, according to the findings of a Pew Research Center […]

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