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RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – On Wednesday, 150 people packed a room in the Library of Virginia for a symposium hosted by VCU’s Office of Health Equity. The event “Improving Birth Outcomes—Health Disparities and Black Birthing People” highlights a top...
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#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } GAYLORD — Northern Michigan churches are inviting native communities to hear their stor...
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Georgia State Representative Inga Willis has penned an op-ed regarding Georgia’s six-week abortion ban which resulted in the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller. (Photo submitted by Georgia State Rep. Inga Willis)This week, from the bench...
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Republican Senator JD Vance of Ohio and Democratic Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota, faced off in the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election on Tuesday night, which began with a measured tone but eventually escalated into a combative exchan...
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Last season was nothing short of disappointing for the Memphis Grizzlies. More often than not, the team’s injury report was longer than its list of eligible players. At various points, the Grizzlies were forced to rely on a mix of two-way players and...
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A comprehensive new study published in Nature Communications has revealed a significant link between whole-genome duplications (WGDs) in cancer and the higher mortality rates observed among Black patients in the United States.The research, which anal...
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Dr. April Kennedy shares a deeply personal story about how her dad’s unexpected battle with kidney disease changed the course of her life and led her to become a nephrologist. From not knowing he was sick to watching him endure hemodialysis and event...
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Team Members for Equal Hope (Photo Credit: Marshelle Sanders).& In the fight against breast cancer, the critical message is free mammograms and services for the uninsured. Equal Hope is making these lifesaving services accessible to all. The com...
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The City of Memphis is the new owner of an old hotel, after council members unanimously agreed to purchase the outdated Downtown Sheraton during the Oct. 1 meeting. Mayor Paul Young pitched the vote as a choice between potential “catalyst” to invigor...
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A movement disorder like tardive dyskinesia is known to be difficult and very frustrating to live with. People of African descent, females (especially post-menopausal women), older adults over the age of 55, and people who abuse alcohol or drugs hav...
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Major League Baseball outfielder Hank Aaron never hit more than 50 home runs in a season, a mark that some of the top sluggers in baseball history have often surpassed. But Aaron didn’t need to have an eye-popping number of single-season home runs to...
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Turns out, ‘cold plunges’ aren’t just for manly men with barrel chests. There’s some very real science behind this increasingly popular practice. Many athletes, celebrities, and health activists now swear by cold plunging, and for good reason. The f...
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It’s a new world for the Chicago Bulls in 2024- 25. After trading their two best players, DeMar DeRozan and Alex Caruso, this offseason, the Bulls will not only look a lot different, but team officials say that they will also be playing a lot d...
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As fall approaches and school gets into full swing, one thing is left to get us. Allergies. Not just allergies, but all kinds of potential triggers in our air, food, and water that can wreak havoc on susceptible immune systems. So what do we do? W...
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This Friday, the halls of the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music will resonate with the long-overlooked melodies of Florence Price, the first African-American woman to gain national recognition as a symphonic composer. Under the di...
