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Community Hospice & Palliative Care Celebrates National Nurses Month

May 12, 2022 admin 0

May 10, 2022 (Jacksonville, Fla.) – National Nurses Month, traditionally celebrated from May 6 to May 12 each year, is now a month-long celebration to recognize the contributions and the positive impact nurses have in the care […]

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Our Community Deserves the Best Evidence-Based Medicine through Clinical Trials

May 3, 2022 admin 0

By: Dr. Folakemi Odedina Professor of Hematology /Oncology / Mayo Clinic – What are Clinical Trials? According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Clinical Trials are “research studies in which one or more human […]

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Florida Legion Post Bringing Health-Care Resources to Underserved Community

May 3, 2022 admin 0

(Source: www.legion.org) – The American Legion / APR 29, 2022  – Arnold Merriweather is well known in the Jacksonville, Fla., area as an advocate for men’s health. A member of American Legion Post 197 there, he’s […]

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Former Inmates Reach Back Behind Bars to Offer Others the ‘Second Chance’ That Changed Their Life

May 3, 2022 admin 0

Taping up the large box of DVDs, pamphlets and magazines that he carefully packed in his living room, Chris Worley writes on the top in bold letters: “Oregon State Penitentiary Chapel.” Worley is one of […]

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In New National Campaign, Black-Owned Businesses Continue to Advocate for Vaccine Equity and Dispel COVID-19 Misinformation

April 28, 2022 admin 0

 As mask mandates are being lifted across the nation, the need for COVID-19 vaccinations remains high, especially among Black communities. Achieving health equity in vaccinations continues to be a focus for communities of color, which […]

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April is National Minority Health Month

April 26, 2022 admin 0

Booker T. Washington was born into slavery, but he went on to be an educator, reformer, adviser to presidents — and he was an influential spokesman for African Americans. In April 1915, recognizing that health […]

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Why Southern Food is Linked to High Blood Pressure

April 22, 2022 admin 0

High blood pressure (hypertension) is a common condition in which the long-term force of the blood against your artery walls is high enough that it may eventually cause health problems, such as heart disease. Blood […]

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Dr. Melissa Clarke Gives Insight on The Next Potential Vaccine Method

April 18, 2022 admin 0

By Rashad Milligan | Apr 16, 2022 – (www.rollingout.com) – Dr. Melissa E. Clarke is the co-founder of the Black Coalition against COVID, a principal on D.C. Health Department’s Committee for Safe and Equitable Vaccine Distribution, […]

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Understanding Testicular Cancer

April 15, 2022 admin 0

April is Testicular Cancer Awareness Month, which makes it a good time to learn more about testicular cancer, the most common cancer in American men 15 to 35. Testicular cancer is highly treatable, even when cancer […]

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Black Moms Speak on COVID-19 Increasing Anxiety and Isolation

April 15, 2022 admin 0

By Ashley Smith – The challenges of motherhood have only grown since the outbreak of COVID-19. Monique Garvin, a Black mom who lives in Columbia, South Carolina, said navigating pregnancy during the pandemic was a feat. […]

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