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In health, income has greater impact than race

Editor - May 16, 2015

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Being poor can have a bigger impact on your health than your race, according to a recent report by the Urban Institute.“Income…

Sexism and racism take toll on Black women’s health

Editor - April 20, 2015

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The effects of living in a patriarchal, racist society measurably erode Black women’s physical and mental wellbeing, an emerging body of research…

Food Allergy Kids of Atlanta applauds epinephrine bill

Editor - April 7, 2015

Food Allergy Kids of Atlanta, Inc. applauds Georgia legislators for passing Senate Bill 126, which will provide access to epinephrine auto-injectors in public facilities,...

Don’t let vision get blindsided by diabetes

Editor - April 5, 2015

(NNPA)—While people with diabetes are more likely to develop blinding eye diseases, recent studies have revealed low awareness of the issue among ethnicities at higher…

Food Network’s Sunny Anderson in Atlanta for Annual Crohn’s Foundation Event

Editor - March 11, 2015

Davio’s Northern Italian Restaurant in Phipps Plaza was the perfect setting for Food Network and TV host Sunny Anderson to demonstrate one of...

States on edge about future of health insurance markets

Editor - March 5, 2015

MIAMI (AP) — Mixed signals from the Supreme Court have states on edge about the future of health insurance subsidies for millions of Americans. And…

HHS awards $13,768,348 to Georgia to support home visiting program

Editor - February 20, 2015

Program invests in Georgia’s youngest children Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced $13,768,348 in grant awards to Georgia to support the...

Study ties more deaths, types of disease, to smoking

Editor - February 11, 2015

Breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even routine infections. A new report ties these and other maladies to smoking and says an additional 60,000 to 120,000…

Twists, turns, eventually lead to promising ebola vaccine

Editor - February 9, 2015

WASHINGTON (AP) — It took 16 years of twists and turns. Over and over, Dr. Nancy Sullivan thought she was close to an Ebola vaccine,…

Florida mom delivers 14-pound baby after surprise pregnancy

Editor - February 9, 2015

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Maxxzandra Ford said she realized during delivery that she was giving birth to an unusually large baby, but had no idea…

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