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Ascension Wisconsin Identifies its Top Health Priorities in Milwaukee
By The Milwaukee Courier Over the last year, Ascension Wisconsin has been listening to local stakeholders through interviews with patients, individuals, community organizations, a Community Health...
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RBW PH Group holds 3rd Her Life, Our Legacy Jazz Brunch
By Cass Teague Roberta Baines Wheeler (RBW) Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Awareness Group hosted its 3rd Annual “RBW Her Life Our Legacy Jazz Brunch” honoring mothers who are gone but not forgotten....
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Taking The Stigma Out Of Mental Illness
By Jenise Griffin The facts are troubling. One in five adults are diagnosed with a mental health condition. That’s over 46 million people. Of the 46 million, more than half do not receive treatment....
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PRESS ROOM: New College Grads May Now Qualify for Covered California Health...
Congratulations — the moment you have worked so hard for is finally here! You are ready to walk across that stage, grab that diploma and begin the rest of your life. But life can be complicated, and...
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COMMENTARY: The Sale of Singles Cigarettes is a Problem You Need to Know About
By Debra Nevels, Senior Manager of Health Systems at American Cancer Society and Baker Al-Qudsi, Vice President of Marketing at Hayat Pharmacy There is not enough awareness in our community on the...
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Democrat proposes tax increase on cigarettes
By Capitol News Illinois staff A Democratic state lawmaker on Thursday, May 16, called Senate President John Cullerton’s proposal to raise Illinois’ usage tax on tobacco products “too unreasonable” at...
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OP-ED: Legislative proposal will lower the cost of health care
By Sen. Lamar Alexander If there’s one issue I hear about most from Tennesseans, it is ‘What are you going to do about the health care costs I pay for out of my own pocket?’ Well, I’ve got an answer....
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Congresswoman Gwen Moore Announces H.R. 2751 Mamas First Act to Provide...
By Nyesha Stone Wisconsin’s black babies are dying at a faster rate compared to whites. Wisconsin has the highest gap between Black and white babies, according to CDC’s National Center for Health...
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Sen. Kamala Harris Reintroduces Legislation Addressing Black Maternal...
By Patreice A. Massey U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Wednesday reintroduced the Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (Maternal CARE) Act, legislation to address persistent biases and...
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Healthy families the focus of Black Men Healing Conference
By Brandon Jones Coming up in June will be the 11th Annual Community Empowerment through Black Men Healing Conference. This year, the conference will focus on the health of the African American family...
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Diversity in dental profession brings better care for minorities
By Terry Stanton When it comes to having access to quality health care, minorities still lag behind their white counterparts, research shows, and that can include dental and orthodontic problems that...
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Affordable Care Act Linked to Reduction in Racial Disparities in the Care of...
By Katherine Lewin, Special to The Informer via DiversityInc A report released Sunday shows that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not the scourge that Republicans make it out to be. In fact, the report...
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Abrams to go to Hollywood as fears grow over GA abortion ban
By The Atlanta Voice File Photo of Stacey Abrams. Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice After Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp postponed a trip to Hollywood amid fallout over the abortion ban...
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John Legend on abortion law boycotts
By Amanda Lee Meyers John Legend says Hollywood should consider boycotting Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama and other states that pass restrictive abortion laws. Legend admits he’s not sure if a boycott...
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Take charge of your health today. Be informed. Be involved….Fatherhood
By Esther Bush This month, the “Take Charge of Your Health Today” page focuses on the health benefits associated with fatherhood. Erricka Hager, health advocate at the Urban League of Greater...
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St. Jude teamed up with Khadeen Ellis, Krystal Lee for ‘Champagne...
By The Atlanta Voice Lifestyle influencer Khadeen Ellis and Radio One personality Krystal Lee (“The Willie Moore, Jr. Show”) teamed up with St. Jude to host “Champagne Conversations” during the Summit...
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Whose lives matter? Our lives matter
By Michaela Purdue Lovegood (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Twenty years ago, I was a director of youth programs for a subsidiary organization of the Chicago Housing Authority. I ran after-school, GED and...
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Parkland providers urge men to take care of their physical, mental health
June is Men’s Health Month By Dallas Post Tribune Staff DALLAS – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report men in the United States, on average, die five years earlier than women....
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New Parents and a Newborn with Sickle Cell Disease: What Now?
Ask Dr. Kevin By Dr. Kevin Williams , Chief Medical Officer for Rare Disease at Pfizer The “Ask Dr. Kevin” series is brought to you by Pfizer Rare Disease in collaboration with the National Newspaper...
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How Daagye Hendricks Serves Community, City Schools and UAB
By Ameera Steward Daagye Hendricks is not one to remain stationary. The Birmingham Board of Education member, businesswoman and mom of a 16-year-old, had an opportunity to become a part of the Living...
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