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Tag: black health issues

Thometta Cozart, a professional advocate for health equity, got a strong dose of reality when her father had a stroke and then a seizure. (Courtesy of Trice Edney News Wire)
Posted inHealth

At Her Father’s Side: Public Health Expert Finds Herself Facing Real-Life Crisis

by WI Guest Author September 29, 2021December 21, 2021

Because of her job as multicultural outreach and health equity director of the Epilepsy Foundation, Thometta Cozart knew how to prepare for potentially the worst outcomes.

Sherman Hardy, wearing prison garb, displays a "I Can't Breathe" sign during a demonstration at Eastover Shopping Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, protesting the killing of George Floyd. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inHealth

Black Mental Health Top Priority Surrounding Anniversary of George Floyd’s Death

by WI Guest Author May 30, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus, Covid-19, Health

A Candid Conversation with Dr. Theodore Watkins Sr., M.D. Concerning COVID-19 Vaccines and the Black Community

by WI Guest Author May 12, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inHealth

White House COVID-19 Response Explains Vaccine Hesitancy Within the Black Community

by Stacy M. Brown May 12, 2021December 21, 2021
Incoming freshman at Howard University in Northwest kick off their school year with an event at Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel on Aug. 11. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack Experience, Health

Attending HBCUs May Reduce Risk for Midlife Health Issues: Study

by WI Guest Author November 18, 2020December 21, 2021
Posted inColumnists, Faith, Lyndia Grant, Religion

THE RELIGION CORNER: My People Perish for the Lack of Knowledge, Pt. 4

by Lyndia Grant May 6, 2020December 21, 2021
Courtesy of NNPA Newswire
Posted inHealth

Obesity Among Black Women Outrageously High

by WI Guest Author November 14, 2019December 21, 2021
Courtesy of iStockphoto via NNPA Newswire
Posted inHealth, Stacy M. Brown

Why is Suicide a Growing Problem in the Black Community?

by WI Guest Author September 23, 2019December 21, 2021
Posted inBlack Experience, Health

Black Children Less Likely than Whites to Receive Emergency CPR from Bystanders: Study

by WI Guest Author July 16, 2019December 21, 2021
Courtesy of NNPA Newswire
Posted inBlack Experience, Health, Stacy M. Brown

Mental Health Stigma Still Affecting African Americans

by Stacy M. Brown July 15, 2019December 21, 2021

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