Dr. Barbara Nightingale, Allegheny County Health Department deputy director for clinical services, sits for a portrait in her office, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in...
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by Gilles E. Gignac, The University of Western Australia
As your youth fades further...
CO-FOUNDERS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH CAUCUS, WITH NOW-RETIRED ADAGIO HEALTH CEO BJ LEBER. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO)
The New Pittsburgh Courier was there...
Many young adults don’t realize that high cholesterol, obesity, high blood pressure and lack of physical activity are early heart disease risk factors. Kmatta/Moment via...
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by Dylan Hicks, Flinders University
A common saying in sport is: “Father Time is undefeated”.
This reflects the belief that age catches up with every...
Dr. Clive O. Callender fought racism in medicine and built a movement that saved thousands of Black lives.
by Anissa Durham
This article is part of “On Borrowed...
BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS—Kia Reynolds, far left, Janelle West, third from left, and Nicie Walker-Billings, third from right, were among the breast cancer survivors in...
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Trump’s tax cuts will make getting a heart transplant even harder for Black patients who already struggle to maintain Medicaid coverage.
by Anissa Durham
This article is...
STEPHANIE HILL, HOLDING THE PROCLAMATION, IS FOUNDER OF FAMILY SERVICES UNITED. (PHOTOS BY ROB TAYLOR JR.)
Family Services United’s motto is “providing a supportive environment...
(TriceEdneyWire.com)—We certainly live in challenging times.
Shortly before RFK Jr.’s hand-picked CDC panel met last week to abandon its COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, Senator Adam Schiff...
