Serving While Sick

Serving While Sick

By Fenix Suriel  Before the 20th century, health insurance in the U.S. was rare and often charitable. In 2000, an estimated 14% of the population was without health insurance coverage for the entire year, according to the United States Census Bureau. Employer-based insurance emerged during World War II wage freezes, with fringe benefits like health […]

Glow & Grow Black Beauty Impact Award – Summary

Glow & Grow Black Beauty Impact Award – Summary

Overview: The Glow & Grow Black Beauty Impact Award is a pitch competition and grant opportunity presented by Bklyn Incubator to recognize and support Black beauty entrepreneurs based in Brooklyn. The competition culminates in a live pitch event at The HUE Affair, a brunch honoring Black beauty excellence, featuring keynote speaker Lisa Price, founder of […]

When Doctors Don’t Believe Their Patients’ Pain – Experts Explain the All-Too-Common Experience of Medical Gaslighting

When Doctors Don’t Believe Their Patients’ Pain – Experts Explain the All-Too-Common Experience of Medical Gaslighting

By Elizabeth Hintz, The Conversation For people with chronic gynecological pain conditions, pain can be constant, making everyday activities like sitting, riding a bicycle and even wearing underwear extremely uncomfortable. For many of these people – most of whom identify as women – sexual intercourse and routine pelvic exams are unbearable. Endometriosis and vulvodynia, or chronic genital […]

Despite Higher Covid Risk, Pregnant Women Are Now Ineligible for Vaccine

Despite Higher Covid Risk, Pregnant Women Are Now Ineligible for Vaccine

By Sunita Sohrabji, ACOM  UCSF infectious diseases specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong says the Department of Health and Human Services recommendations eliminating pregnant women and healthy children from Covid-19 vaccine eligibility is worrisome and not based on scientific data. Pregnant women are severely immunocompromised during gestation, but in the US they will no longer be eligible […]

Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Cucumbers

Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Cucumbers

Do not eat, sell, or serve recalled cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers, Inc. and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales, Inc. FDA’s investigation is ongoing. Product: Cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers, Inc., and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales, Inc., to retailers, distribution centers, wholesalers, and food service distributors from April 29, 2025, to May […]

FDA Limits Access to COVID-19 Vaccine to Older Adults and Other High-Risk Groups – A Public Health Expert Explains the New Rules

FDA Limits Access to COVID-19 Vaccine to Older Adults and Other High-Risk Groups – A Public Health Expert Explains the New Rules

By Libby Richards, THE CONVERSATION On May 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new stance on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The agency said it would approve new versions of the vaccine only for adults 65 years of age and older as well as for people with one or more risk factors for […]

Inside the Billion-Dollar Industry That Profits from Colorism—and the Lives It Silently Wounds

Inside the Billion-Dollar Industry That Profits from Colorism—and the Lives It Silently Wounds

By Sandy Connors The Business of “Brighter” $8.8 billion. That’s the estimated global value of the skin bleaching industry as of 2022, according to Global Industry Analysts. By 2026, it’s projected to grow to over $11.8 billion. These numbers aren’t just market data—they’re evidence of a thriving industry built on selling insecurity. From creams and […]

‘Grit’ and Relentless Perseverance Can Take a Toll on Brain Health − Particularly for People Facing Social Stresses Like Racism

‘Grit’ and Relentless Perseverance Can Take a Toll on Brain Health − Particularly for People Facing Social Stresses Like Racism

By:Darlingtina Esiaka | Theconversation.com For many people, grit – the perseverance and passion for long-term goals – is a virtue. It is also a key ingredient in overcoming challenges, achieving success and maintaining resilience. Studies have linked grit with success in goal attainment, improved psychological well-being and increased life satisfaction. But despite conventional narratives equating this type of psychological persistence with […]

5 Years of COVID-19 Underscore Value of Coordinated Efforts to Manage Disease – While CDC, NIH and WHO Face Threats to their Ability to Respond to a Crisis

5 Years of COVID-19 Underscore Value of Coordinated Efforts to Manage Disease – While CDC, NIH and WHO Face Threats to their Ability to Respond to a Crisis

By Katherine A. Foss, THE CONVERSATION | Editorial credit: Tada Images / shutterstock.com  Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic. The novel coronavirus, dubbed SARS-CoV-2, began as a “cluster of severe pneumonia cases of unknown cause” reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It had […]