This Drug Helps Treat Opioid Addiction. Why Is it So Hard to Get?
By Anissa Durham, Word in Black
Living with opioid use disorder can be debilitating. For Black folks and people of color, accessing treatment can be even more challenging....
Black Patients Dress Up and Modify Speech to Reduce Bias, California Survey Shows
By Annie Sciacca, BlackVoice USA
A young mother in California’s Antelope Valley bathes her children and dresses them in neat clothes, making sure they look...
US Pregnancy Deaths Dropped in 2022, After COVID Spike
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. fell in 2022, dropping significantly from a six-decade...
CDC Recommends All Adults Get Tested for Hepatitis B
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
The U.S. Centers for Control and Prevention have issued a new recommendation urging all adults to receive screening...
Federal Researchers Find Sudden Unexplained Deaths Rose for Black Infants
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
A new study has shown a huge racial difference in infant deaths.
Researchers found that babies born...