Health

S. E. Williams | Contributor The California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) website displays an informative graphic titled “COVID-19 by the Numbers.”  This graphic updates the status of COVID-19 cases in California as it spreads […]

By Stacy M. Brown — Medical experts have also sounded the alarm that the virus could well be transmitted through the air. “Currently available research supports the possibility that (COVID-19) could be spread via bioaerosols […]

by Lydia Blanco– Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, viral immunologist at the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (Image: National Institutes of Health) Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett, viral […]

By Soraya Nadia McDonald A look at how Jim Crow affected the treatment of African Americans fighting the Spanish flu n American epidemics, race is a preexisting condition. Whether it’s the influenza pandemic of 1918 […]

 JULIA CRAVEN Uché Blackstock. Heather Sten The federal government has failed its populace in many ways since the COVID-19 pandemic reached American soil. It began early on with an inadequate supply of test kits being […]

theGrio honors those who have lost their lives to the novel coronavirus with a digital memoria  By TheGrio March 28th  The novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 has rocked the entire globe, and unfortunately, the Black […]

March is endometriosis awareness month. The disease affects Black women in disproportionate numbers. Idries J. Abdur-Rahman, MD Blackdoctor.org / March 25, 2020  Endometriosis awareness takes place across the globe during the month of March, and […]

By Sara Berg Senior News Writer / American Medical Association  @SaraTheIceBergFull Bio John Singleton made Academy Award history when he became the first African American and youngest person nominated for best director at the age of 24. Tragically, he also died this […]