Health

By AFRO Staff Provident Hospital Did you know that Provident Hospital was one of the first medical facilities for Blacks in Baltimore? The hospital opened in 1894 with 10 beds in a small private dwelling in...

By AFRO Staff Dental hygiene students and dental professionals from the University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMSOD) will help sixth graders from three West Baltimore schools prevent cavities by applying sealants to their teeth...

Devika Koppikar, the former press secretary for the late Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, is chronicling her experience being quarantined in China due to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).  As a precaution, the local authorities are...

Baltimore and Washington, D.C. — CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) has tapped former Kaiser executive Destiny-Simone Ramjohn as the organization’s new Vice President of Community Health and Social impact. CareFirst’s Community Health and Social Impact team...

By Kevin Brown Capital News Service Kratom, a substance that users told lawmakers they take as a pain and addiction treatment, would see more stringent regulation in Maryland under legislation making its way through the General...

By Black Health Matters How much bad news is too much for our well-being? How do we stay informed without being overwhelmed? You know you’re close to hitting your limit when you start hearing rumblings...

By Stephen Janis Special to the AFRO For decades, Baltimore city foreclosed on homeowners with past due water bills for as little as $750. But revelations that a cadre of wealthy homeowners and businesses have not...

LANDOVER, Md., Jan. 30, 2020 PRNewswire -- Giant Food, the leading greater Washington D.C. regional grocery chain, is encouraging customers to join in its support of Black History Month through its charitable bag program,...

By Black Health Matters A war is being waged to close the gap in diagnosis, treatment and death related to prostate cancer between African-American men and those of other races. The battlefields include the relative...

By Will Schick Special to the AFRO It is perhaps, one of the greatest ironies for the unsheltered people living in the underpasses at K, L, and M Streets N.E.- to be amidst a sea of...

American Heart Association News Don't take Keith Shocklee's word for it when he says he didn't look like someone about to have a heart attack. Check his photos from 2018 and you'll find a producer who...

By LEANNE ITALIE, AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. Ayanna Pressley, whose hair twists have been an inspiration to young girls and part of her personal identity and political brand, said Thursday that...