Chagas disease, transmitted by "kissing bugs," is spreading beyond expected regions, prompting health officials to raise concerns.
Black people in red states were particularly impacted by the loss of several grants intended to combat demographic disparities in health outcomes.
Experts have called the new restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines unscientific and believe they place Americans at risk for severe COVID-19 infections.
The nonprofits’ lawsuit argues that restrictions placed on federal funds have completely hindered their ability to do “life-saving work.”
Black individuals are nearly 14 times more likely to die from firearm violence than white individuals. In 2021, guns were responsible for half of all deaths among Black teens and a significant portion of deaths among Black children.
Despite its name, the virus did not jump from monkeys to humans, nor are monkeys major carriers of the disease.
It may feel as though COVID-19 restrictions are slowly being lifted across the nation, but the rise of new variants continues to climb and present great challenges for getting the pandemic under control.
Saturday marked HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day, recognizing the lives and experiences of those living with HIV.
The revelation leaves a pin in a conversation around how medical authorities will address distributing the virus to Black communities, disproportionately ravaged by the virus and rightfully cautious due to long-held racist practices in medicine.
While speaking in the White House Rose Garden to declare a national emergency for the U.S., Trump was offered an elbow bump from LHC Group executive Bruce Greenstein when reaching for a handshake.
The medical examiner claims he committed suicide.
