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Columnists, D Kevin McNeir, Editor's Column, Opinion

EDITOR’S COLUMN: I Know the Pain of Lung Cancer So Why Do I Still Smoke?

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor November 8, 2017October 31, 2020

D.C. Council members David Grosso and Vincent Gray and Congresswoman Eleanor Norton take the lead ahead of thousands of participants in the annual Walk to End HIV in Northwest on Oct 28. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Blacks Urged to Get Educated on HIV/AIDS

by WI Guest Author November 1, 2017October 31, 2020

D Kevin McNeir, Editor's Column, Opinion

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Making Memories Can Be Fun, But Leave TV and Twitter Alone

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor November 1, 2017October 31, 2020

Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC Reports Decline in Death Rates from Diseases Plaguing Blacks

by WI Guest Author October 27, 2017October 31, 2020

District residents walk for Alzheimer's. (Demetrious Kinney/The Washington Informer)

D Kevin McNeir, Health

Alzheimer’s ‘Walk’ Puts Focus on Surge of Cases and Costs

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor October 18, 2017October 31, 2020

Poll: Most Blacks Lack Essential Facts about Sickle Cell Disease

by Stacy M. Brown October 4, 2017October 31, 2020

‘I Didn’t Ask for Sickle Cell — It Chose Me’

by WI Guest Author September 20, 2017October 31, 2020

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Health, Supplements

America on Drugs: The Opioid Crisis

by Stacy M. Brown September 13, 2017October 31, 2020

Strokes on the Rise in U.S.: Report

by William J. Ford September 6, 2017October 31, 2020

Heart Disease More Likely In Low-Income Youth, Study Finds

by Lauren M. Poteat August 30, 2017October 31, 2020