Legislation authored by Mayor Breed and Supervisor Ronen builds on the City’s larger efforts to curb drug overdoses and save lives The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Earlier this year, Congresswoman Barbara Lee of Oakland released a statement of concerns regarding the rate of new Black infections, and new diagnoses....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Earlier this year, Congresswoman Barbara Lee of Oakland released a statement of concerns regarding the rate of new Black infections, and new diagnoses....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We get syrupy about “Hidden Figures” from all over and know little about the heroes and sheroes who grew up in our own...
Alameda County’s Santa Rita jail, run by Sheriff Gregory Ahern, has been the target of multiple lawsuits over jail conditions and has had the most in-custody...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Professional sports teams are inherently community assets. As stewards of these organizations, our players, coaches, employees, and owners are duty-bound to provide assistance...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The healthcare system has long been inequitable – low-income individuals, people of color, and those without means, time, or money to travel to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Part of the reason African Americans are often overtreated at the end of life relates to our experiences being denied care by a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that nearly 300,000 more people in the United States died from late...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Right now, under the Affordable Care Act, it is your right to have access to lactation support and counseling without cost-sharing for as...
(The Washington Post) – Most Americans who go to the doctor will get a diagnosis that is wrong or late at least once in their lives,...
(PBS) Editor’s Note: Journalist Philip Moeller, who writes widely on health and retirement, is here to provide the Medicare answers you need in “Ask Phil, the Medicare...
(Reuters Health) – When patients are hospitalized more than once in the same month, it may have more to do with their income or education levels...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Just in time for the start of the school year, the Department of Education has allocated nearly...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sign-up season for President Barack Obama’s health care law doesn’t start for another couple of months, but the next...
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Doctors have returned to work at Ghana’s public hospitals, ending a three-week strike that saw only police and military hospitals open...
FRANCIS KOKUTSE, Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana is going to bring in about 170 Cuban doctors to work at health facilities amid a doctors’...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Move over, “Obamacare.” A new poll finds Americans worried about medication costs and broadly supporting government action to curb...
(Forbes) – As hospital operators begin to report second period earnings — the sixth consecutive quarter of new revenue from once uninsured patients — the number...
(Time) – As the number of elderly Americans soars, Medicare is testing improved benefits for seriously ill seniors. Medicare recently announced new rules that may ease...
(Miami Herald) – Consumers with health insurance shouldered more of the expense for their medical care in 2014, but Florida and nearly every other state did little...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Hundreds of American hospitals are turning a profit by charging patients exorbitant rates for necessary procedures. And...
(Reuters) – Even the astronomical price markups that consumers regularly pay for, say, wine in restaurants pale beside those in some U.S. hospitals: The price for...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer A new type of blood test is starting to transform cancer treatment, sparing some patients the surgical and needle biopsies...
(NBC News) – Vaccine laws across the nation may be toughened, observers say, if California passes a fervently debated bill that would strip parents’ rights to...
