You can notice signs of HIV on the tongue during the early and late stages of the infection with the virus. An acute HIV ...

Your skin may be darker, but that doesn’t mean it’s invincible.  A common misconception among the Black community is that ...

A new blood test uses what is known as biomarkers to identify a person’s Alzheimer’s disease status, changing how we monitor ...

New stem cell therapy offers hope for type 1 diabetes, freeing patients from insulin. Learn why diverse clinical trial ...

While well-known risk factors dominate health discussions, however, there’s a lesser-known culprit that deserves attention: ...

Several of the nation’s largest health insurance companies have agreed to ease restrictions around prior authorizations, a ...

In 2022, more than 20 percent of all Black workers were employed by federal, state, or local governments. During the Great Recession (2008-2012), government job cuts eliminated nearly 20 percent of ...

A diagnosis of advanced breast cancer is overwhelming. Still, for Black women, the journey can be even more challenging due to racial disparities in healthcare, limited representation in clinical ...

It was impossible to miss the furor about the space flight of the six female celebrities on April 14. Thanks to Jeff Bezos’ space travel company, Blue Origin, singer Katy Perry, broadcast journalist ...

Black Health Connect (BHC) is thrilled to announce the return of #BridgingHealthcareCommunities, the premier conference for Black healthcare professionals! From June 26–30, 2025, in Washington, D.C., ...

Diagnosing and managing deadly hypertensive disorders during pregnancy Imagine you’re in the third trimester of your first pregnancy. You’re healthy. Everything has gone well so far, nothing out of ...

Fibroids, or uterine leiomyomas, are not cancerous. But that doesn’t mean they can’t cause problems. Affecting up to 80 percent of women by age 50, fibroids come in all shapes and sizes. For many ...