February is heart health month. Hypertension is one of the key risk factors for heart disease. Therefore, it is important to get regular blood pressure screenings. What is
By LAURAN NEERGAARD Pfizer is enrolling healthy adults to test a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine that matches the hugely contagious omicron variant, to see how it compares with the original
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed a $3.5 trillion framework for bolstering family services, health, and environment programs through the Senate early Wednesday, advancing President Joe Biden’s expansive vision for reshaping
Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The delta variant of the coronavirus now accounts for roughly 83 percent of all U.S. COVID-19 cases, Centers for
By ALAN FRAM WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s latest rejection of a Republican effort to dismantle “Obamacare” signals anew that the GOP must look beyond repealing the law if
April 13, 2021 – Philadelphia, PA — The Council on Black Health today released the nation’s first Black Health Bill of Rights, developed to serve as the framework
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia After four years of the previous administration’s efforts to destroy the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Joe Biden
A biomedical engineering graduate in Israel began to wonder if she could engineer her own way out of panic attacks by building a medical device that could provide