Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
Rashid Bynum was charged with killing Eunice Dwumfour He declined to waive extradition to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy can request his return from Virginia’s governor The man charged with the death of Sayreville councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour delayed his return to New Jersey to face charges. Rashid Bynum was arrested on May 30 at his […]
MIKE STOBBE Racial bias built into a common medical test for lung function is likely leading to fewer Black patients getting care for breathing problems, a study published Thursday June 1 suggests. As many as 40% more Black male patients in the study might have been diagnosed with breathing problems if current diagnosis-assisting computer software […]
ELAINE CHEN Many Black Americans would have to travel across county lines just to find an open spot with a cardiologist, a new analysis found. About 16.8 million Black Americans — roughly 1 in 3 — live in counties with little or no access to heart specialists, according to a report from GoodRx, a telehealth […]
AMANDA SEITZ Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking a dozen cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public health epidemic. About half of U.S. adults say they’ve experienced loneliness, Dr. Vivek Murthy said in a report […]
USHA LEE McFARLING Black people in counties with more Black primary care physicians live longer, according to a new national analysis that provides the strongest evidence yet that increasing the diversity of the medical workforce may be key to ending deeply entrenched racial health disparities. The study, published Friday April 14, in JAMA Network Open, […]
KOFI AYIM The 30-year-old councilmember of Sayreville, New Jersey, who was cold-bloodedly murdered on Wednesday February 1, 2023, goes home on March 4, 2023. Ms. Eunice Dwumfour was one of two Borough Republicans elected to the Borough Council in 2021. Published reports say the affable enterprising lady was shot multiple times while attempting to park […]
FRANCIS AKHALBEY A Portland jury has awarded $1 million to a woman who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against a gas station after a former employee refused to attend to her because he doesn’t “serve Black people.” According to The Oregonian, the March 2020 encounter occurred at Jacksons Food Store in Beaverton. The plaintiff, Rose […]
Scientists are just beginning to learn how these common tumors in women are linked to phthalates—chemicals found in hundreds of everyday household items and cosmetics. PRIYANKA RUNWAL Common chemicals called phthalates found in hundreds of household products have been linked to uterine fibroids—non-cancerous tumors ranging from the size of a seed to a soccer ball […]
CHRIS ISIDORE Canada in 2023 is closing its doors to foreign investors who want to purchase homes. A new Canadian law took effect January 1 that essentially bans foreign buyers from buying residential properties as investments for two years. The law was passed because of a spike in Canadian home prices since the start of […]
QUINN OWEN The Drug Enforcement Administration on Tuesday December 20, 2022 said it has seized more than 379 million deadly doses of fentanyl, as the country continues to struggle with an epidemic of drug overdose deaths. The seizures include 50.6 million pills laced with the ultra-deadly synthetic opioid and 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder, the […]