BY CASH MICHAELS OF THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL The US Dept of Health and Human Services, (HHS) which will remain under the Obama Administration until President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office January 20th, wants to make one thing very clear to African – Americans and others  – the Affordable Care Act(ACA) is still the law of the land, and will remain so now through the end of 2017. Insurers have ...

On Tuesday, Officials from HHS and the White House participated in an all-day Twitter Town Hall to discuss the Zika virus. To see what was discussed during the town hall, please follow #AtoZika on Twitter or click ...

The eradication of polio, reported in 2015 by the World Health Organization, was called an “historic achievement” by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a public-private partnership leading the effort to eliminate the disease. ...

Gay black men in particular had a higher risk than their counterparts in other ethnicities. Black men who have sex with men had a 1 in 2 risk, Hispanic men a 1 in 4 risk and white men a 1 in 11 risk. ...

Imagine a 4-year-old girl playing on a Harlem playground. She’s laughing and having a great time in the beauty of a warm summer afternoon. ...

The contamination of drinking water in Flint, Michigan, has so outraged community advocates that they now pose a powerful question: Was the city neglected because it is mostly black and about 40% poor? ...

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The health care law's historic gains in coverage may be leveling off: The Obama administration announced Thursday it expects only a slight overall increase in enrollment next year. ...

Have you ever thought of how these colorful, strangely shaped, consumable objects can benefit our bodies? ...

$32 billion in funding could raise awareness BY SHANTELLA Y. SHERMAN OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER (NNPA)- Lupus, or systemic lupus erythematosus, is a chronic and often debilitating autoimmune disease that impacts more than 1.5 million Americans. Characterized by intense fatigue, exhaustion, joint pain, and memory problems, lupus is three times more common among the Black female populations than any other ...