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Experts say Obamacare-mandated free preventative healthcare visits, like blood pressure screening, can narrow the Black-white healthcare gap. But too often patients are being charged for those visits.

When ‘Free’ Health Care Services Cost Patients Millions

by Jennifer Porter Gore October 3, 2024October 4, 2024

Experts are concerned about the rise of young people doing "whippets" —inhaling flavored nitrous oxide gas from commercial-grade whipped-cream cartriges that are intended for kitchens.

No Laughing Matter: Why Some Worry About Kids Abusing Galaxy Gas

by Jennifer Porter Gore September 26, 2024September 26, 2024

Experts say Abdul Vicks, 25 — who was fatally shot in broad daylight after digging up his rival's grave, then uploading the video to social media — is part of a trend: using social media to escalate street beefs.

‘Metastasizing Disrespect’: How Social Media Turbocharges Gun Violence

by Jennifer Porter Gore September 19, 2024September 24, 2024

Boar's Head Provisions, a giant in the deli meat market, shut down a Virginia plant that had been repeatly cited for violating food safety rules.

Boar’s Head ‘Indefinitely’ Closes Va. Plant Linked to Contaminated Meat

by Jennifer Porter Gore September 16, 2024September 16, 2024

Bacteria and pathogens have been showing up at a growing number of food products that have reached grocery-store shelves this year.

Here’s Why Food Recalls — and Consumers Getting Sick — Are Increasing

by Jennifer Porter Gore September 11, 2024September 11, 2024

Disposable yet essential, diapers are critical to keeping children healthy and dry. But a price spike and shortages at diaper banks is putting the squeeze on low-income families.

Indispensable: Why the Ongoing Diaper Shortage is a Public Health Issue

by Jennifer Porter Gore September 4, 2024September 6, 2024

Experts say microaggressions, a hallmark of former President Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric, can have a deleterious effect on Black mental and physical health. Trump launched a racist attack at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in July.

Warning: The 2024 Presidential Race Is Hazardous to Your Mental Health

by Jennifer Porter Gore September 2, 2024August 30, 2024

A lifelong science aficionado at just 14, Heman Bukele won TIME Magazine's Kid of the Year for developing a promising treatment for skin cancer.

Meet the Black Teenager Fighting Cancer —With Soap He Invented

by Jennifer Porter Gore August 28, 2024August 29, 2024

When former child star Skai Jackson was arrested for allegedly attacking her boyfriend, it shined a light on women accused of intimate partner violence perpetrated by women — not men.

Tables Turned: Why Black Male IPV Victims Don’t Speak Up

by Jennifer Porter Gore August 28, 2024August 28, 2024