Ashley Parks is an Associate Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Her focus is on personal finance, particularly covering debt, banking and Gen Z money. Ashley joined Newsweek in 2024 after ...
The CDC was instrumental in eradicating smallpox, identifying the causes of HIV and encouraging Americans to get the COVID-19 ...
As President Donald Trump attempts to eliminate any consideration of race, a new federal effort is underway to recognize the ...
Racism is a public health crisis in the United States, according to Congresswomen Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03). Together, Hayes and Ramirez introduced a House Resolution on ...
Jan. 23—ASHTABULA — The city's ad hoc committee on racism as a public health crisis hosted a work session Tuesday night, and recommended the city conduct an equity audit. Ward 3 council person ...
The NAACP is urging the declaration of cancer as a public health crisis in the Black community in response to research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showing that ...
When racism resides in the body in these visceral ways, it manifests as emotional pain and rage, and its lingering after-effects endure over generations. Addressing the public health crisis of racial ...
From hypertension to diabetes, Black people disproportionately suffer from chronic illnesses linked to stress, making the impact of racism not just a social issue, but a public health crisis.