Health

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we can’t even begin to stress enough how important it is for all of us to be knowledgeable about this devastating disease. In a new interview, Melissa Wade chats with Dr. Lola Olajide, MD of the UNC Rex Cancer Center to talk about the importance of mammograms, […]

Baby Dove has doubled its investment in the Black Birth Equity Fund to address the Black maternal health crisis. The post Baby Dove Advances Efforts To Address Black Maternal Health Disparities appeared first on NewsOne.

This week (August 25-31) marks the 10th anniversary of Black Breastfeeding Week! This week commemorates the countless stories and families that are shifting the narrative and boosting support to close the racial gap among the breastfeeding community. The official website states that only 58.9% of Black women have ever breastfed versus 75% of white women, […]

The Department of Health and Human Services briefed on Thursday (Aug. 4) that Monkeypox is now a national public health emergency.

  Actor Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer at the age of 43.  He will forever be remember as the talented actor  who played Black American icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown with searing intensity before inspiring audiences worldwide as the regal Black Panther in Marvel’s blockbuster movie franchise. Boseman’s family reported that he was […]