Sep 17SaveHealth9/17/20Health9/17/20Medical Algorithms Have a Race ProblemKaveh Waddell23SaveEditor’s Note: This story was produced by Consumer Reports, an independent, nonprofit member organization that works…
Aug 20SaveThe Root InstituteHealth & Wealth8/20/20The Root InstituteHealth & Wealth8/20/20It's Time to Have a Crucial Conversation About Our Communal Health With Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson, EHE Health's Joy Altimare and Dr. Joia Crear-PerryMaiysha Kai2Save“If you want to feed a person, you pay a man,” says Joy Altimare of EHE Health, one the sponsors of our first-ever…
May 6SaveNews5/6/20News5/6/20Pennsylvania County Declares Racism a Public Health CrisisJoe Jurado31SaveThe COVID-19 pandemic has fully illuminated the effect that decades of ingrained, systemic racism has had on the…
Apr 14SaveCoronavirus4/14/20Coronavirus4/14/20The 'Urban' Legend of COVID-19: SC Data Shows Coronavirus Also Ravages Rural Black CommunitiesMichael Harriot13SaveNewly released data on COVID-19 infections and deaths in South Carolina reveals that the global pandemic seems to be…
Mar 23SaveCoronavirus3/23/20Coronavirus3/23/20Doctors Express Concern About Access to Coronavirus Testing in Black CommunitiesJoe Jurado15SaveThe black community has long been underserved when it comes to healthcare in America. Whether that comes from a lack…
Feb 20SaveNews2/20/20News2/20/20Tennessee Barbershop Partners With Vanderbilt to Provide Basic Healthcare ServicesJoe Jurado17SaveBlack men, historically, are reluctant to go to the doctor. I mean just speaking for myself I’ve only recently been…
Feb 12SaveNews2/12/20News2/12/20A Nurse Accused An Inmate of Faking His Illness. Days Later He DiedJoe Jurado29SaveAnother day and unfortunately, another unnecessary death of a young black man.
Jun 19 2019SaveEducation6/19/19Education6/19/19Getting This Smoke: Black Activists Slam Meharry Medical School Decision to Take $7.5 Million Grant From JuulDara Sharif10SaveBlack activists and health experts are slamming what they say is Meharry Medical College’s deal with the devil: in…
May 16 2019SaveAmerica. In Black.5/16/19America. In Black.5/16/19Eat, Pray, This Can’t Be LovePaul A. Bromley25Save John Singleton. Dead at 51. Stroke/Hypertension.
May 13 2019SaveNews5/13/19News5/13/19Chicago's First Black-Owned Urgent Care Center Is Officially Open for BusinessJay Connor8SaveA group of black medical professionals have joined forces in order to prioritize the health and well-being of…
Mar 8 2019SaveYour Take3/8/19Your Take3/8/19Black Women Deserve the Truth From Their Doctors. Trump Is Trying to Keep Us in the DarkNia Martin-Robinson7SaveWhen I was 19 years old, I walked into a health center in Michigan knowing I was pregnant but uncertain of my…
Apr 6 2018Save4/6/18 Protect Your Glow: Don’t Sleep on Sunscreen!Veronica Webb7SaveSunscreen is a must. I do not care how young, how gifted or how black you think you are, it’s the lotion none of us…
Mar 13 2018Save3/13/18The Key to Cutting High Blood Pressure in Black Men Might Be in the BarbershopAnne Branigin13SaveThe barbershop is about as multifunctional a space as they come: a place to get a lineup, a shave, or a cut and…
Jan 9 2018Save1/9/18How to Face-Tune Like a Red-Carpet Regular, Part 2: Before Plastic Surgery, Live the Laser-and-Peel LifeVeronica WebbSaveMy Glow Up goddesses! You asked, and I got the answers on the best chemical peels and lasers for darker skin tones.
Dec 13 2017SaveBody Politics12/13/17Body Politics12/13/17Formerly Fat: How Bariatric Surgery Helped Me Transform My Lifebibathediva15SaveOn a break while shopping for Black Friday deals, a friend and I sat down for lunch in the Detroit suburbs. My…
Jun 14 2017Save6/14/17Open-Heart Surgery Isn’t Going to Stop This 15-Year-Old From DancingBreanna Edwards2SaveIt’s a beautiful sight to see: a 15-year-old dancing from his hospital bed, living life to the fullest. And the…
May 11 2017Save5/11/1745 Years After the Tuskegee Syphilis Study Ended, the Legal Fallout Lives On in Federal Court: ReportBreanna Edwards14SaveIt has been some 45 years since the horrific “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male,” also known as…
Apr 29 2017SaveThe Root Video4/29/17 The Root Video4/29/17Chirlane McCray on ‘the Invisible Disease’Felice León5SaveThe saying goes, “Healthy mind, healthy body.” But how often do we tend, acknowledge and nurture our mental health?
Feb 15 2017Save2/15/17Family of Henrietta Lacks Seeks Compensation for Unauthorized Use of Her CellsBreanna Edwards10SaveThe story of Henrietta Lacks and her “immortal” cells is not quite over. Her eldest son, Lawrence Lacks, has come…