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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

The proposed bill, designed to identify, measure and compile data on discrimination against Black patients, would set up a program in which patients and observers can enter a complaint anonymously.

California Senate Acts to End Racism in Medical Exam Room

by Jennifer Porter Gore August 23, 2024August 27, 2024

Sharonda Roberts, founder and CEO of Muture Sisters Inc., believes the unhoused who use her free showers in Paterson, N.J., believes her clients should be treated "with the utmost respect and dignity. And they're going to leave feeling better than they did when they walked in.”

Showering the Unhoused, With Soap, Water — and Love

by Jennifer Porter Gore August 22, 2024August 23, 2024

From gun safety to abortion, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz' record on healthcare could benefit Vice President Kamala Harris with Black voters.

What Walz’s Long Record on Healthcare Means For Black Voters

by Jennifer Porter Gore August 19, 2024August 19, 2024

Black consumers are feeling more pain at the grocery store checkout line — and experts say it isn't by accident

‘Supermarket Redlining’: Why Black Families Pay More for Food

by Jennifer Porter Gore August 14, 2024August 14, 2024