Black teen named ‘Kid Of The Year’ after creating cancer-treating …
WEB2 days ago · A 15-year-old teenager has been honored as “Kid of the Year” after creating a soap that could potentially treat and cure skin cancer. TIME recently recognized Heman Bekele, 15, as its “Kid of the Year” for his cancer-treating soap.
15-Year-Old Scientist Named TIME's 2024 Kid Of The Year - Black Enterprise
WEBAug 16, 2024 · The Black Virginia teen who won $25,000 for inventing a soap that could one day treat skin cancer has been named TIME's 2024 Kid of the Year.
14-Year-Old Invents Soap That Treats Skin Cancer, Becomes America ... - MSN
WEB14-year-old Heman Bekele has won “America’s Top Young Scientist” after inventing a soap that treats skin cancer. Image credits: Fairfax County Public Schools. As a ninth-grader from...
This teen scientist invented a cancer-fighting soap and won the …
WEBOct 27, 2023 · Inspired by a childhood in sun-baked Ethiopia, Heman Bekele wanted to tackle skin cancer. He came up with a topical cancer-fighting soap, and it won him the 3M Young Scientist's Challenge.
Black with cancer: ‘It shouldn’t be different’ - Fred Hutch
WEBJun 14, 2021 · Cancer can be a completely different experience for people who are Black. And their cancer outcomes clearly show it’s not a good one. Black and African American people in the U.S. have the highest cancer mortality and shortest survival rate of any racial or ethnic group. And it’s not because of genetics.
Black Americans are still dying of cancer at the highest rates - NBC News
WEBSep 16, 2020 · Black men are twice as likely to die of prostate cancer and two and a half times as likely to die from stomach cancer as white men, according to the U.S. Office of Minority Health.
Black Patients With Triple-negative Breast Cancer May Be Less …
WEB1 day ago · In recent years, Black patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) received immunotherapy at significantly lower rates than white patients, according to results presented at the 17th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, held September 21-24, 2024.
Cancer statistics for African American/Black People 2022
WEBFeb 10, 2022 · Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Black men, with an estimated 41,600 cases expected in 2022. Prostate cancer is also the second leading cause of cancer death in Black men, with 6040 deaths expected in 2022.
Black in Cancer: Two Years of Empowering the Next Generation
WEBFeb 6, 2023 · Black people are still underrepresented in research while being overrepresented in cancer mortality. The cancer community is taking notice, and stakeholders from various spaces are investing in improving cancer health equity.
Black women are more likely than white women to die of all types …
WEB4 days ago · Black women are more likely than white women to die from even the most treatable types of breast cancer, a study published Tuesday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found. The findings,...
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