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AARP Analysis Finds Nearly 11 percent of Black Older Adults Lack Health Insurance

April 6, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) -“While the Affordable Care Act has greatly reduced the number of older adults who are uninsured, coverage has remained unaffordable for far too many people aged 50-64, including many from […]

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Dr. Alexa Canady Teaches Us to Remain Calm in the Face of Obstacles

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(Source: ROLLINGOUT.COM) — By Kandis Knight, Rollingout.com – You have parents who are just good. And you can recognize that right away, you will have other parents who let their anxiety overtake them. You know, […]

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Stop Blaming Tuskegee, Critics Say. It’s Not an ‘Excuse’ for Current Medical Racism

March 30, 2021 admin 0

By Kaiser Health News, Contributor – March 24, 2021 – (Source: www.usnews.com) – By April Dembosky – For many Black Americans, the infamous syphilis study isn’t the medical deal breaker it’s often made out to be. […]

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Children’s Defense Fund: State of America’s Children Reveals that Children of Color are 71 Percent of Those That Live in Poverty

March 29, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, – NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – (Source:  www.blackpressusa.com) Part One of an ongoing series on this impactful and informative report. “While we reported on the 73 million […]

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‘Generational’ Garden Providing Food Security in the Black Community

March 25, 2021 admin 0

By Cilicia Anderson – Outlook writer – (Source: www.capitaloutlook.com) – When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the United State, one man remembers seeing folks in his community flocking to the grocery store. They piled up […]

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Black Women’s Voices Take Center Stage at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

March 24, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE —  By BlackPressUSA –  In the United States, there are more than 600,000 to 800,000 people being trafficked annually across international borders and 40% percent of sex trafficking victims are Black women and […]

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Life Without Kids: Why Women Are Increasingly Preferring the Child-Free Lifestyle

March 24, 2021 admin 0

By Victor Omondi – (Soruce: www.ourblackworld.net) – Rachel Cargle, a Brooklyn author and activist, was raised in a normal family setup. Speaking to TODAY Parents, she said she’d never at any one point growing up […]

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As A Black Woman, Having A Baby In Spain Is Safer Than In The U.S.

March 22, 2021 admin 0

By Parker Diakite • Mar 19, 2021 – (Source: www.travelnoire.com) – It’s been 40 years since Michele McCain moved to Spain. “The sunsets in Palma de Mallorca are what won my heart over,” she told Travel […]

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I Got The Covid-19 Vaccine. What Can I Safely Do?

March 22, 2021 admin 0

By TERRY TANG – (Source: www.theculture.xyz) – I got the COVID-19 vaccine. What can I safely do? You can enjoy small gatherings again, but should continue wearing a mask and social distancing in public. In […]

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Black Blood Bank Inventor’s Daughter Says the Health Care Inequities Her Father Fought Still Exist Today

March 18, 2021 admin 0

Science Mar 18, 2021  – (Source – www.pbs.org) – By Bria Lloyd – A Black doctor’s key medical innovation from the 20th century is being used in the 21st century to try to treat patients with COVID-19. […]

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