State Senator Hunter outraged by Senate passage of Medicaid bill
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Senate voted to change Medicaid eligibility in Illinois in an effort to bring down spending and...
Health, Beauty and Fitness
Maynard Media Critique: Media Coverage of Reproductive Rights should include women of color
 By Nadra Kareem Nittle  OAKLAND - Social wedge issues such as abortion, birth control and sex education in...
Black doctor expands skin care line to UK
 Bump Terminator, severe bumps lotion, launched in the UK by Breej Technologies Lowell, MA (BlackNews.com) -- BREEJ Technologies, a leader...
Black author tells story of living with Sickle Cell disease in new book
  Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- The pain struck when Judy was only four. Later, Judy noticed she was tired a...
LA Sparks and the Varnette P. Honeywood Foundation to hold fundraiser for reproductive cancer
Hoops and Heels cancer awareness research fundraiser/silent auction  Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- The LA Sparks and the Varnette P. Honeywood...
New report shows Medicaid cuts will hurt Illinois economy
 (From the Campaign for Better Health Care)                                                                                                            Washington, DC—A new report from Families USA and the Campaign...
The “Buffet Rule” for prostate cancer
By Thomas A. Farrington PHEN Founder and President Boston, MA (BlackNews.com) -- Billionaire Warren Buffet, who is nearly 82 years...
Campaign for Better Health Care’s response to Supreme Court hearings on the Affordable Care Act
 Statement by Jim Duffett, Executive Director, Campaign for Better Health Care  From March 26 to 28, 2012, the...
U.S. Congressman Elijah Cummings is keynote speaker at Howard University’s Health Care Symposium in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) will give the keynote address on disparities in U.S. healthcare at Howard University’s one-day Symposium...
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® Unites with National Pan-Hellenic Council to Fight Pediatric Cancer, Sickle Cell Disease
NPHC taps its membership for 30-day fundraising challenge  MEMPHIS, TN - The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is uniting with...
