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Take Charge of Your Health Today: Pittsburgh Black Pride

For the LGBTQIA+ community, Pride has long offered a place to be visible, celebrated, and affirmed. For generations it has created a space for...

Take Charge of Your Health Today: PACT Clinic helps patients living with HIV

OMIESHA YANCEY For patients living with HIV, medical care can involve far more than prescriptions, lab work, and follow-up appointments. Many arrive at UPMC’s PACT...

Black babies used for medical trials by feds, lawsuit filed

ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP by NY Carib News A federal lawsuit filed by prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump alleges that two Black infants were used as...

UPMC’s Senior Health and Wellness Fair 2026

SENIORS GETTING INFORMATION AT THE UPMC SENIOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR, MAY 20, 2026. (PHOTOS COURTESY UPMC) The New Pittsburgh Courier was there as UPMC...

National Medical Association Annual Scientific Conference 2026

DR. TRUDY HALL, DR. DENISE WYNNE BAKER AND DR. KRYSTILYN WASHINGTON, at the NMA Annual Scientific Conference,  April 18, 2026. (Photos by Chief Ikhana-Hal-Makina) From...

Nearly half of maternal deaths in Pennsylvania occur more than 6 weeks after giving birth

by Yenupini Joyce Adams, University of Notre Dame For too many women, the journey to motherhood ends in death. Maternal mortality – the death of...

As more athletes speak openly about depression, anxiety and suicide, a minority of fans are weaponizing it

WNBA star center A'ja Wilson has written about her experiences with depression and anxiety. Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images It’s a cool Tuesday night in Columbia, South Carolina,...

Take Charge of Your Health Today: Brown Mamas remove barriers that make motherhood difficult

TAMERA DIXON Motherhood can be isolating even under the best circumstances. There are childcare responsibilities, work schedules, rising costs, and the daily demands of family...

Take Charge of Your Health Today: Dr. Catherine Ngozi Udekwu was the ‘Mr. Rogers’ of pediatricians

COURTESY PHOTO GATEWAY MEDICAL SOCIETY In the African American communities of Pittsburgh, generations of families are connected by a shared legacy—they entrusted their children’s care...

Take Charge of Your Health Today: Urban League Family Resource Center helps families in need

JENNIFER THOMPKINS                         Helping a family in need doesn’t have to involve a big dramatic moment. Small, simple acts of kindness can add up over...

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