The independent autopsy results of 18-year-old college freshman Nolan Wells were revealed at a July 22 press conference. The results were detailed by civil rights attorney Ben Crump during a live stream from the NAACP’s 117th National Convention in Chicago. Wells’ cause of death was found to be “undetermined.”
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PRESS ROOM: U.S. surgeon general and NAACP president, CEO address Black physicians at the National Medical Association Colloquium
The U.S. Surgeon General, Derrick Johnson, and other prominent health and policy leaders convened with the National Medical Association to discuss pressing health issues among Black physicians and the patients and communities they serve.
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Medicaid postpartum coverage extended to 12 months in most U.S. states
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO Contributing Editor, dbailey@afro.com The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is on a mission to spread the news about Medicaid postpartum coverage expansion, a topic of discussion at the agency’s second annual Black Health Forum. The Feb. 27 meeting was a check-in for health care providers, advocates, policy makers […]
