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WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Africa a public health emergency, as civil rights attorney seeks justice for Black man killed by deputy.

Beet Demand Rising Beets are the new “it” food among health conscious consumers. Several studies suggest beets may help lower blood pressure, increase blood flow and protect arteries. The 2025 Penn State Extension report says beet acreage has more than doubled since the 2007 census. Dedicated beet farming now involves over 75-hundred operations over the […]

CDC updates childhood vaccine schedule, Uvalde trial begins, Maduro pleads not guilty in NYC

  Health experts are emphasizing the importance of washing hands to prevent illnesses from being spread as we enter cold and flu season.  The CDC says regularly washing your hands can help reduce the spread of germs, including respiratory illnesses by up to 21 percent.  Doctor Allan Capin, an urgent care physician at the Cleveland […]

The woman, who asked to remain unidentified, delivered by cesarean section Tuesday at Hackensack University Medical Center. She is visiting from Honduras.

Public health experts claim that the virus has seen a dramatic increase in spite of efforts made to diminish the number of individuals affected.

On Thursday, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden made the following statement about the current Ebola outbreak: In the 30 years I’ve been working in public health, the…

Dr. Seema Yasmin spoke with Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel (Joia Jefferson Nuri, Paris Dennard and Kim Keenan)  about the first Ebola case…

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There have already been numerous studies that show that there are many different health benefits of marriage for men. However, according to health officials, while…

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The man hospitalized in Indiana with the first U.S. case of a potentially fatal respiratory virus called Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, is improving…

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Despite the high level of success with vaccines designed to prevent it, measles — a highly contagious disease — is seeing a recurrence in the…

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), even though the pregnancy rate for teens between 15 and 17 seems to be declining,…