It took a while for the science to basically catch up to that suspicion.” In these types of “recessive” conditions, the people who show the classical manifestation of the disease have a pair of ...

Now, in a recent report published in the Environment & Health journal and conducted by the Silent Spring Institute, they found that harsh and harmful “chemicals found in pipes, pesticides and floor ...

Black doctors faced systematic exclusion from many American healthcare institutions, despite playing a crucial role in medical breakthroughs ...

When my father died, I inherited hundreds of transcripts from interviews he conducted with interracial couples in Chicago. He ...

Given all of this, it is not entirely surprising that sexual assault of enslaved Black men has failed to garner sustained ...

Many African food groups significantly reduce oxidative stress linked to type 2 diabetes and lower the production of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- February is Heart Health Awareness Month and a Chicago doctor has a warning for Black people. Heart disease is actually the leading cause of death both nationally and in Chicago.

Saturday evening, police released a photo of Haile Cummings, 34, who is being sought in connection with the furious gun battle inside Taste of the City Lounge on Franklin Ave. in Crown Heights on ...

In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in ...

Leprosy, a disease with a history as ancient as biblical times, has left an indelible mark on societal perceptions of race.

The shooting deaths of white protesters Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal officers in Minneapolis followed a playbook that is painfully familiar to Black Americans: Authorities quickly moved to ...

Ladeshia Evans and daughter Lyric Chastang at the Black History Month celebration at Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center in ...