Severe cases of bird flu are spreading in US
The bird flu has quietly made its rounds in the United States this year, mostly impacting cattle and farmworkers. Since March, 60 cases in humans
The bird flu has quietly made its rounds in the United States this year, mostly impacting cattle and farmworkers. Since March, 60 cases in humans
Amid America’s unremitting opioid epidemic, rap empress Nicki Minaj admits that she got swept up in the maelstrom of powerful prescription medication addiction. The Pink
HIV survivor Mechel Miller is grateful the country progressed markedly from 30 years ago when rampant misinformation, fear-mongering and ignorance prevailed, leading people to believe
The Gilead Center hosted an HIV/AIDS awareness panel to provide information and promote sexual health within the Black community. On Aug. 17, actress, singer-songwriter and
The plague of heroin addiction has made news recently as people across the nation are overdosing at alarming rates. The city of Louisville, Kentucky is
The growing epidemic of heroin use in the U.S. is once again making headlines. Hope, Indiana, police officers found Erika Hurt passed out behind the wheel of
As the promise of a wet and hot summer emerges across the United States there is a growing concern about the Zika virus. Officials at
The Ebola epidemic that has struck West Africa shows no sign of abating. The number of cases and dead victims continue to rise to unprecedented
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday it will donate $50 million to help fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The foundation says
Another American Ebola patient has landed in Atlanta to receive treatment at Emory University Hospital. The patient, whose name has not been released, is a health care worker
There is a rare virus spreading like wildfire across the United States and very few people are aware of it. It is a respiratory virus
The data available for new HIV infection among black women can be confusing. Depending on the sources used, a researcher will have wide swings in
“The bottom line is that the flu season continues,” CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden, said.
The CDC reports elevated levels of flu-like illnesses in five states.
The death toll of the cholera epidemic in Haiti has now reached 5,000. An outbreak of cholera, a disease which had not been documented in