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Safe Travel: Meet me in St Louis this summer but stay informed while you are here

A beautiful city that flatters the Mississippi river to the east, and suburban to the west the Missouri river flows.

Health-watch: A Different Kind of Adenovirus Associated with Liver Inflammation

What has been detected is over half of the children had a particular type of adenovirus.

Emergence of More Viral Infection During the Covid-19 Pandemic

“Monkeypox was first discovered in 1958 when two outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in colonies of monkeys kept for research, hence the name ‘monkeypox” (CDC,2022).

Therapist: Stigma keeping African-Americans from seeking mental health treatment

Jonathan Harrell, a local social worker and therapist, tells News 10 that research shows over 80% of African-Americans are concerned about being judged by society, mostly a mindset of older generations

Black Teens in Distress Are Changing Pediatricians

American adolescents are undergoing an abrupt change for three decades ago, the public health threats to teenagers came from drinking, drunken driving, teenage pregnancy, and smoking.

6 Helpful Tips for Parents of Kids Heading Off to College

. However, arming yourself with information and some helpful tips can help you prepare your child and yourselves for the future.

Are we Screening our kids for anxiety and depression?

The mental health of children and teens in the U.S. has been getting worse for years before the pandemic. The pandemic only worsened things. That's what prompted the task force to look closely at the research to see whether screening children using standardized questionnaires might benefit them.

Black Maternal Health and Black Infant Mortality 2022 and Beyond

Black maternal health care begins well before pregnancy. It is vital for health care providers, physicians, and nurses to be extra knowledgeable about and sensitive culturally about the problems in Black maternal health.

Major Companies Expand Wearable Presence in Everyday life but How Affordable are the Wearables?

Reports that most people who use smartwatches and other wearable devices to track health are white, well-educated, and wealthy.

African Americans Have Become Less Hesitant to Get COVID-19 Vaccines

In December 2020, 38 percent of Black respondents surveyed said they didn't plan to get a vaccine, compared with 28 percent of white respondents. By June 2021, 26 percent of Black and 27 percent of white respondents were vaccine hesitant.

What Good Friday and Easter Mean for Black Americans

We believe that one day the entire created world will be transformed to become what God always intended it to be: free of pain, death and sorrow. It will be an earth that still contains some of the things of this life: food, art, mountains, lakes, beaches and culture. There will be hip-hop, spirituals, soul music and grits (with cheese, salt and pepper — not sugar) in the renewed creation. Christians believe that our bodies will be resurrected from the dead to live in this transformed earth.

Reparations for Colored People: Still waiting on that 40 acres and a Mule

Smalls founded The Congress of Essential Workers (TCOEW), a labor-activist group. They have organized strikes at Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Smalls stated he never set out to be an activist but life placed him in the situation to become active in helping people.

How to Cope With Your Childs College Application Process

This period in a child's life can be filled with equal parts of frustration and joy. As a parent, it can be hard to cope with the process while also giving your child space to make momentous decisions for their future.

Evictions Are Back and Black Renters Are Suffering the Most

Low-income tenants who are displaced are generally forced into low–quality housing in poorer and higher-crime neighborhoods. Evictions cause psychological trauma, increase the likelihood of suicide, increase emergency room usage, decrease credit access, and lead to homelessness. This problem is especially traumatizing for children, impacting their emotional, social, and physical well-being, and increasing the likelihood of lead poisoning, food insecurity, and issues with academic performance.

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Safe Travel: Meet me in St Louis this summer but stay informed while you are here

Health-watch: A Different Kind of Adenovirus Associated with Liver Inflammation

Emergence of More Viral Infection During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Therapist: Stigma keeping African-Americans from seeking mental health treatment

Black Teens in Distress Are Changing Pediatricians

6 Helpful Tips for Parents of Kids Heading Off to College

Black Maternal Health and Black Infant Mortality 2022 and Beyond

Major Companies Expand Wearable Presence in Everyday life but How Affordable are the Wearables?

African Americans Have Become Less Hesitant to Get COVID-19 Vaccines

What Good Friday and Easter Mean for Black Americans

Reparations for Colored People: Still waiting on that 40 acres and a Mule

How to Cope With Your Childs College Application Process

PERSPECTIVE MATTERS and grasping what is Fact vs. Truth

Come fly Away! This Weekend Grab your girls and get out and explore new adventures

How the Russia and Ukraine Crisis is Affecting the Black Community

Would Blacks fight and die for their neighborhoods if challenged by a major outside threat?

Breaking News: Mother searching for missing son, Hampton graduate Marcus Thompson

Health Beat: Improve the Quality of Your Life with Self-Care

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