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As the Court Decides Health Reform, East Oakland Fights for the Basics
by Tram Nguyen on May 22 2012, 9:21AM
Once home to good manufacturing jobs, East Oakland today is a microcosm of the structural components of racial health disparities. One community-led health project could be a model for the future.
Topics: Dispatches, Health
Why More Americans Can’t Access Healthy Food
by Julianne Hing on March 2 2012, 9:04AM
Why don’t more people have access to healthy food? In a new book, journalist Tracie McMillian looks beyond fast food restaurants to untangle a web that’s proven deadly for people living in poverty.
Topics: Health, How We Eat
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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….
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 Blog
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 Blog
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.
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.
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.
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.
Topics: Health
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
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.
Topics: Health
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…
Topics: Health
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.
Topics: Health
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.
Topics: Health
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?
Topics: Health
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,…
Topics: Health
by Leticia Miranda on October 14 2009, 12:00PM
American Indians deal with pharmaceutical companies’ aggressive over-medicating.
Topics: Health
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.
Topics: Health
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…
Topics: Health
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…
Topics: Health
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