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Local organizations and health professionals are encouraging the Black community to consider donating organs in August, which is Minority Donor Awareness Month.
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Kem Smith, an English teacher in the Ferguson/Florissant School District, has been busily preparing for the return of students on August 22nd.
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Experiences of structural, interpersonal, and institutional racism are associated with lower memory scores and worse cognition in midlife and old age, especially among Black individuals, according to studies reported at a recent Alzheimer’s Association conference.
It’s estimated that millions of Americans are living with hepatitis. But while the inflammatory liver condition can affect anyone, Black people are more likely to die from it — and structural inequities have a lot to do with this.
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CareSTL Health will host the 3rd Project O Opioid Awareness Day Walk/Run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, August 6, 2022, in Forest Park on the Upper Muny parking lot.
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Community outreach and support to flood victims by City of St. Louis agencies and partners continues to expand in response to this past week’s storms that caused two flash flooding events throughout the city.
Affinia Healthcare is hosting a series of events for youth and their parents as the 2022-23 school year approaches.
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BJC HealthCare is offering full-ride scholarships to incoming nursing students at Goldfarb School of Nursing.
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I managed healthcare policy for the late Congressman John Lewis, and today work for the Black Women’s Health Imperative. If you work in healthcare policy today, you know that health equity – or ensuring that disadvantaged populations get customized approaches to care and better medical outco…
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For over 40 years, folks have been working hard to not only help end the HIV epidemic, but to address the disparities among Black people.
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“If COVID-19 were a person, how would you describe its characteristics?”
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The St. Clair County Health Department is reporting the county’s first probable case of monkeypox. This comes a few days after the City of St. Louis reported its first probable case of the virus.
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The gun safety law forged through tense bipartisan talks in the Senate last month has been heralded as the first federal legislation in 30 years to combat rising gun violence. But what often falls below the radar is the new law’s focus on improving mental health services.
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Currently, there is a lot of conversation surrounding the Supreme Court decision reversing Roe vs. Wade but little discussion about sex, birth control, and women’s health.
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Black women are more likely to die from heart disease than other groups, so GirlTrek mobilizes them to reclaim their health and streets.
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Public health officials are reporting an alarming increase in syphilis in Missouri, especially among its Black and brown populations.
As the scourge of COVID-19 surged in early summer last year, President Biden enlisted the help of barber shops and beauty salons in a successful attempt to increase African American vaccine rates and spread knowledge about the pandemic.
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The Alzheimer’s Association and Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced a new partnership aimed at providing Alzheimer’s disease information and resources to LGBTQ communities in early June.
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The Federal Trade Commission last week announced what some believe could be a game-changer when it comes to the rising cost of prescription drugs.
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Alex & DJ Johnson don’t fit in the categories of anti-vaxxers or COVID conspiracy theorists.
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Black women had more than twice the rate of deaths from uterine cancer when compared to other racial and ethnic groups according to a recent American Medical Association (AMA) study.
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While National Men’s Health Month draws to a close at June’s end, the St. Louis Health Department’s mission of helping Black men and all members of under-served communities continues year-round.
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I believed, like many people, that the pandemic was over, and I let my guard down. I had been vaccinated and received one booster shot. After flying to the Washington, D.C., area on three occasions, I did not get sick. This was during the period when everyone had to wear a mask in the airpor…
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized emergency use of two COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5, moving the country one step closer to having shots for all age groups.
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Laronda Griffin was born to educate. As a child she remembers setting her dolls up in a make-believe classroom and playing teacher.
Nurses for Newborns is assisting nearly 200 families unable to feed their babies due to the formula shortage, a crisis in which people with low incomes and people of color are disproportionately affected.
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“Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in.”
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For most of us, watching children innocently play in the park brings simple joy. Children tend to romp around with abundant energy and a carefree attitude. Their joy is often contagious and makes even the tough among us soften just a little. However, we have quickly become a country where th…
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A healthy blood pressure is less than 120/80.
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Public health has come to the attention of the public more than ever since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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It is no secret that tobacco companies aggressively market menthol-flavored tobacco products to African Americans, the LGBQT community, people with low incomes, and other groups.
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LA (LaShonda) Green has paid her dues. She’s been in the bar business for almost 20 years working as a server, bartender, and, eventually, a manager. Finally, in March of this year, Green and her partners opened their own establishment, Stl On the Rocks Bar and Grill in Overland.
Though DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince’s iconic anthem “Summertime” heralds that school’s out and it’s time — as Will Smith raps — to “sit back and unwind,” the end of the school year isn’t good news for everyone. For LGBTQ kids, being home for the summer can be complicated.
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A California school teacher wanted to create a summer reading program for Black students. It turned into an affirming space connecting students around the state.
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Missouri’s COVID-19 deaths If all of Missouri’s adults were vaccinated against COVID-19, more than half of the over 14,000 deaths attributed to the virus since January 2021 may have been prevented, a new analysis concluded.
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Twenty years from now adults who graduated high school in 2022 will have an interesting story to share with young people. It will be the tale of a great global pandemic, the first of its kind since 1918. Their stories will be peppered with unreal realities such as suddenly not returning to s…
Metro Transit and Betty Jean Kerr People’s Health Centers are partnering again this year to bring free mobile health screening services to transit riders, visitors, and area residents.
The United States has hit a dreadful milestone in the pandemic. More than one million COVID deaths. One. Million. Lives.
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At the heart of the Central West End there is a street called Children’s Place, but part of that street at the center of the medical campus will soon be named Nash Way. The change will honor a family whose legacy continues to define pediatric care in St. Louis. As two St. Louis pediatricians…
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“Imagine a kid living in 63107 living in a drug-infested neighborhood, who hears gunshots and ambulance and police sirens outside their windows every day. They’re at home eating a tuna fish, peanut butter, or an air sandwich because the mother doesn’t have food stamps. Now, what do you think…
Spring represents new beginnings, and this particular spring will forever be etched in my memory. St. Louis has been home for me for almost 22 years. In June 2000, I, along with my husband and new baby girl started a new chapter in our story. My first job was at a community health center in…
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Several blood tests used to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease are less accurate for African Americans than white patients, according to research from Washington University.
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Ramona Brown, 47, clutched the box of Kleenex tightly in her left hand as she spoke through halting breaths. She dabbed at her eyes and nose, often with a single, crumpled, soggy tissue as she recounted a series of events that invaded her already vulnerable life in 2020.
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St. Louis is now among more than 90 American cities whose governing bodies have passed Medicare for All People resolutions of support.
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Younger women and African American adults experiencing chest pain wait longer to get care in the emergency room than their respective male and white counterparts, research shows.
At one of the most fragile times in American history, Dr. Jason G. Newland, a pediatric infectious disease specialist with Washington University and Children’s Hospital, has a positive outlook about the future of children.
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It’s likely no surprise to hear that whole grains are a key part of a healthy diet. They’re filled with fiber, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. Studies have found that regularly eating whole grains can lower the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. And they may even help peop…
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Kenyetta Tomlin, 40, said she’s fed up with COVID-19. Her grandparents, Eugene and Ernestine D. Garrett succumbed to the virus just as it reached the “pandemic” stage.
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A Jan. 22, 2022, CBS News report detailed the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on churches nationwide.
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The leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft was shocking but not surprising. The writing has been on the wall, in big bold letters, for years. The Court confirmed the authenticity of a draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and eviscerate abortion access in the United States. Overturning Roe would b…
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Compassion, dedication, and dollars are needed to stitch the physical and mental wounds caused by the health care gap in underserved communities.
