Michelle Obama Can Do A Lot More Push-Ups than Jimmy Fallon [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on February 8 2012, 3:26PM

First Lady Michelle Obama made an appearance on Tuesday night’s “Late Night” and got in to a friendly competition with host Jimmy Fallon….

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UCSF Denies Kidney to Undocumented Father

by Jorge Rivas on January 31 2012, 3:59PM

Oakland resident Jesus Navarro has health insurance and a matching kidney donor but UCSF has denied him the procedure that could save his life because they say there is “no guarantee he will receive adequate follow-up care, given his uncertain status.”

Topics: Immigration, Now

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The Miraculous Story of Amit Gupta’s Bone Marrow Match

by Jorge Rivas on January 19 2012, 6:01PM

For someone of South Asian descent, the odds of finding a matching bone marrow donor are currently only 1 in 20,000.

Topics: Celebrate Love, Now

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Weight Watchers Goes After Black Males: Charles Barkley Star of New Campaign

by Jorge Rivas on January 18 2012, 3:56PM

Weight Watchers has launched a new campaign that goes after men with former basketball player Charles Barkley endorsing the weight loss program.

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Mass. Supreme Court: Universal Healthcare Includes Legal Immigrants Too

by Jorge Rivas on January 5 2012, 4:16PM

The state’s highest court has ruled that Massachusetts cannot prevent legal immigrants from enrolling in the state’s subsidized health care program.

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Nick Cannon Joins 29 Percent of Black Kidney Failure Patients in the U.S.

by Jorge Rivas on January 4 2012, 1:58PM

The host of “America’s Got Talent” is in the hospital.

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Report: Soda Companies Target Black and Latino Kids in High Numbers

by Jorge Rivas on November 28 2011, 1:25PM

Black children and teens see 80 percent to 90 percent more ads compared with white youth, according to researches at Yale.

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Will Obama’s AIDS Plan Reach Out to Black Women?

by Michelle Chen on July 14 2010, 10:10AM

In Obama’s new HIV/AIDS plan, it’s crucial to channel resources into research, prevention, education and treatment for the most vulnerable.

Topics: On Gender

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Is the Health Care Bill Good for Communities Of Color?

by Flávio Casoy on March 23 2010, 12:00PM

Yes, if you think of it as a first step toward fixing a broken system rather than landmark legislation.

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In Bungled Reform Battle, Building Blocks for Progressive Healthcare Workforce

by Michelle Chen on December 28 2009, 8:10AM

As Congress puts the finishing touches on its bruised and battered health care reform legislation, pointed criticism has emerged from the left alongside reactionary opposition from the right. For labor, it’s a mixed bag at best; the AFL-CIO is still…

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Fewer Options For Moms On Medicaid

by Lindsey McCormack on December 15 2009, 12:00PM

Midwives protest the shutting of Manhattan’s only natural birth center that served low-income women.

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Asian American Women Battle Depression

by Leticia Miranda on December 9 2009, 12:00PM

A new study links mental health to time spent in the U.S.

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The Danger of Testing for Sickle Cell

by Aisha De Avila-Shin on November 25 2009, 12:00PM

Colleges are screening for the blood disorder, but will this be another round of discrimination?

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Public Option Please!

by Leticia Miranda on October 23 2009, 1:36PM

Health care advocates from across the country have recently launched, Public Option Please, a campaign to shift the discussion from stiff statistics to human rights. “With all this talk about “bending the cost curve,” it has become as dull,…

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Warning from the Rez

by Leticia Miranda on October 14 2009, 12:00PM

American Indians deal with pharmaceutical companies’ aggressive over-medicating.

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Latinos Face Cancer Scourge

by Christina Hernandez on October 14 2009, 12:00PM

A web of structural factors, including lack of health insurance, contribute to the wave of diagnoses.

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Young Invincibles Weigh in on Healthcare

by Tammy Johnson on October 14 2009, 11:49AM

The Center for Community Change has launched an effort that inserts yet another voice into the current healthcare debate: young people. The prevailing perception of 20-somethings is that they are at the peak of their health. But the numbers…

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Let’s Talk About Race And Health

by Tammy Johnson on October 9 2009, 10:13AM

We don’t have a well-crafted message to deal with the immigrant issue right now.” Said the messaging expert at a national convening of health care advocates that I attended a year ago. So the response to the “problem” was no…

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Celebrating Henrietta Lacks’ “Immortal” Life After Death

by Guest Columnist on October 5 2009, 1:49PM

By Darlene Pagano Today is the 58th anniversary of the death of Henrietta Lacks, a mother of five who lived in Turners Station (Baltimore) Maryland, an historically Black community. In 1951, at age 31, she died of cervical cancer, which…

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Die Quickly, You Tired, Poor, and Huddled Masses

by Tracy Kronzak on October 2 2009, 6:00AM

Congressman Alan Grayson rocked my little world this week. When I talked about fighting fire with fire last week, this is exactly what I meant. The Republicans want you to die quickly. Insurance companies want you to die quickly….

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