Higher Numbers of African American Youth are Failing to Meet US Military Entry Standards

Education Trust finds achievment gap in military testing for recruits

2011-04-10

By Sommer Brokaw Special to the NNPA from The Charlotte Post

The achievement gap is affecting not only African-Americans’ college and career goals on the civilian side, but also their ability to join and move up in the military.
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Government Announces Plan to Reduce Health Disparities

From cradle to grave, minority populations tend to suffer poorer health and get poorer health care than white Americans

2011-04-10

LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer

In a first-of-its-kind report, the government offers steps to reduce health disparities Read the complete article

Johnson & Johnson Settles Bribery Case With Feds

The SEC says J&J agents used fake contracts and sham companies to deliver the bribes, which began at least 13 years ago

2011-04-10

DANIEL WAGNER and MATTHEW PERRONE AP Business Writers

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Health care giant Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $70 million to settle civil and criminal charges of bribing doctors in Europe and paying kickbacks to the Iraqi government Read the complete article

Planned Parenthood, Abortion and the Budget Fight

In the budget maelstrom that threatened to partially shut the federal government Friday stood Planned Parenthood Federation of America

2011-04-09

DONNA CASSATA The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans portray Planned Parenthood as primarily focused on performing abortions and - intentionally or not - using American taxpayer dollars to do it Read the complete article

Poll: Few Confident US Ready for Nuclear Emergency

The disaster has turned more Americans against new nuclear power plants.

2011-04-08

MATTHEW DALY The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most Americans doubt the U.S. government is prepared to respond to a nuclear emergency like the one in Japan, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. But it also shows few Americans believe such an emergency would occur. Read the complete article

Synthetic Drugs Send Thousands to Emergency Rooms

The products are often packaged as incense or bath salts and can be obtained for as little as $10 at many head shops

2011-04-06

JIM SALTER and JIM SUHR The Associated Press

Synthetic substances that mimic marijuana, cocaine and other illegal drugs are making users across the nation seriously ill, causing seizures and hallucinations and even killing some people. Read the complete article

Baltimore Researcher Seeks a Diagnosis for Black Health Woes

Dr. Thomas LaVeist will speak in Portland on April 7

2011-04-04

Brian Stimson Of The Skanner News

Why is it that, on average, African Americans tend to get sicker and die younger?
Dr. Thomas LaVeist, Ph.D., the director of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine’s Center for Health Disparities Solutions, will present some of his findings on the topic at 3 p.m. this Thursday, April 7, at the Oregon Convention Center, room F150.
The presentation, “It’s the Skin You’re In: Why African Americans Live Sicker and Die Younger” will question the conventional wisdom of racial health disparities Read the complete article

Interview: Rep. Maxine Waters on HIV/AIDS in the Black Community

'Health disparities for people of color are getting worse, and more and more people are going without health insurance'

2011-04-03

Nick Chiles Special to the NNPA

One of the most prominent and effective African American members of Congress, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), has long been a fighter against the spread of HIV/AIDS in the African American community Read the complete article

FDA Clears First Melanoma Drug to Extend Life

Experts say the drug is an important milestone in treating the deadliest form of skin cancer

2011-03-27

MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a breakthrough cancer medication from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. that researchers have heralded as the first drug to prolong the lives of patients with melanoma Read the complete article

VIDEO: The Imafidon Twins: Young, Gifted, Black and Smarter than Almost Everyone

How a Nigerian immigrant family made academic world records

2011-03-23

Meet Peter and Paula Imafidon, 9-year-old twins from London, who astounded Britain by acing the University of Cambridge’s advanced math exam. Read the complete article