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Opioid Lawsuit Seeks Recovery of Tax Dollars, Compensation From Drug Manufacturers

ADW News - February 21, 2019

The Beasley Allen Firm and The CK Hoffler Firm filed a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors on behalf of the City of Flint,...

African-American Women with HIV Often Overlooked, Under-supported

ADW News - February 21, 2019

From left to right: Toya Tolson, Shawnte’ Spriggs, Sophia Harrison, Marcella Wright and Deborah Dyson. These women are aging with HIV, sometimes with other...

Confusing and High Bills for Cancer Patients Add to Anxiety and Suffering

ADW News - February 14, 2019

Weeks after my father passed away from cancer in 2010, my newly widowed mother received a bill for US$11,000. Insurance retroactively denied a submitted claim...

Wellview Health Partners with Virtual Health Leader First Stop Health to Launch Wellview TeleMedicine

ADW News - February 7, 2019

Wellview Health, a leading health engagement company, has partnered with First Stop Health, LLC to add 24/7 telemedicine to its growing suite of health...

Dying While Black: Perpetual Gaps Exist in Health Care for African Americans

ADW News Desk - February 5, 2019

Several years ago, MapQuest directed me on a 10-hour drive to visit my father in a Florida hospital. Complications from diabetes, including blindness, kidney...

These Patients Had Sickle-Cell Disease and Experimental Therapies Might Have Cured Them

ADW News - January 28, 2019

Scientists have long known what causes sickle-cell disease and its devastating effects: a single mutation in one errant gene. But for decades, there has...

The Shutdown Will Harm the Health and Safety of Americans, Even After It’s Long Over

ADW News - January 18, 2019

With the U.S. federal government shutdown now the longest in history, it’s important to understand what a shutdown means for the health and safety...

Sickle Cell Advocacy Day 2019's Message To Focus on Access to Care in Rural Georgia, Medicaid Expansion and Prescription Waivers

ADW News - January 15, 2019

All Sickle Cell patients, families, friends and supporters from around the state are invited to join with the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia for Sickle Cell...

Will 2019 Be the Year Health Care in Georgia Improves?

ADW News - January 14, 2019

Despite a new lineup of legislators – as well as a new governor and lieutenant governor — many health care issues in the upcoming...

Study Suggests Alzheimer's Disease May Develop Differently In African Americans

ADW News Desk - January 9, 2019

Scientists have found a biological clue that could help explain why African Americans appear to be more vulnerable than white Americans to Alzheimer's disease. A...

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