Rewind back to 2007 when Bill Cosby had just commenced his nationwide tour of telling poor Black America to pull themselves up by their baggy jeans and get themselves together. Black America was unsettled by what seemed to be a never ending crusade w ...
Posted Wednesday, November 26th 2014 at 8:06AM
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The old adage goes “It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.” Well, tell that to anyone who has had their heartbroken. While some of us are able to channel the emotional setback in positive ways, many of us take a slightl ...
Posted Thursday, November 13th 2014 at 1:59AM
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Researchers at the Guttmacher Institute have found that these arguments do not hold true when looking at the data. In actuality, about 60 percent of facilities (six in 10) that perform abortions are located in predominantly white neighbor hoods.
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Posted Thursday, November 13th 2014 at 1:12AM
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India conducted a state-run mass sterilization campaign that went horribly wrong, killing 11 women and putting 60 or more in critical condition at Nemi Chand hospital. Over 80 women underwent surgery for laparoscopic tubectomies (which is a surgery t ...
Posted Wednesday, November 12th 2014 at 6:35PM
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Some potentially disturbing news out of Kenya: A statement signed by the 27 bishops of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops alleges that the World Health Organization and UNICEF are injecting Kenyan women with a tetanus vaccine that has been lace ...
Posted Wednesday, November 12th 2014 at 10:43AM
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We all like to make candy and sugar the culprit for unhealthy teeth, but the reality is cavities are caused by bacteria – like Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus – that cling to the teeth. This bacteria creates an acid by-product that ul ...
Posted Wednesday, November 12th 2014 at 10:17AM
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It is with sad news that we confirm reports that a jet crashed Sunday evening, November 9, 2014, in the Bahamas, killing internationally known minister and motivational speaker Dr. Myles Munroe, his wife and several other people, Munroe’s ministry sa ...
Posted Wednesday, November 12th 2014 at 10:07AM
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The U.S. unemployment rate in October edged lower, to 5.8% from 5.9%, signaling continued improvement in the job market, the government reported today.
Overall, the economy added 214,000 jobs for the month, in line with gains over the past year.
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Posted Tuesday, November 11th 2014 at 6:38PM
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TORONTO (AP) — Canada has joined Australia in suspending entry visas for people from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa in an attempt to keep the deadly disease away.
Canada's Conservative government said Friday it is suspending visa applicatio ...
Posted Sunday, November 2nd 2014 at 9:19AM
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In the world’s largest refugee complex — the sprawling Dadaab settlement in Kenya’s North Eastern Province — women listen attentively during a business management workshop held at a hospital in one of its newest camps, Ifo 2.
Leila Abdulilahi, ...
Posted Sunday, November 2nd 2014 at 8:44AM
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Mogadishu, Somalia- “In Somalia, traumatic experiences have happened to people from all walks of life, no matter if you are rich or poor, even parliamentarians themselves have had these experiences and can benefit from the training. It doesn’t only h ...
Posted Sunday, November 2nd 2014 at 8:31AM
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Jessica Wheeler works the night shift as an oncology nurse at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital in northeastern Pennsylvania—but her patients are usually wide awake. "When they have a new cancer diagnosis or they're going to have a biopsy in the morning, ...
Posted Thursday, October 30th 2014 at 8:59PM
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BBC News - Nigeria has been declared officially free of Ebola after six weeks with no new cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
Nigeria won praise for its swift response after a Liberian diplomat brought the disease there in July.
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Posted Monday, October 20th 2014 at 7:46PM
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17 October 2014 Nigeria's military says it has agreed a ceasefire with Islamist militants Boko Haram - and that the schoolgirls the group has abducted will be released.
Nigeria's chief of defence staff, Alex Badeh, announced the truce. Boko Haram ...
Posted Friday, October 17th 2014 at 11:20PM
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It seems the mistake Halle Berry made when she got with Gabriel Aubry is gonna haunt her for years to come. At this point it seems all she wants is for it to cost her less.
Apparently dude is ridin’ the gravy train because he says he doesn’t work an ...
Posted Friday, October 17th 2014 at 4:01AM
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Four in ten seek help from family doctor for symptoms including depression,...
A fifth of women have been forced to take time off work, while one in 50 are on long-term sick leave due to symptoms related to the...
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Posted Friday, October 17th 2014 at 3:47AM
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They've been together for 25 years. But Snoop Dogg and his wife Shante Broadus are still going strong, as evident by the 42-year-old's latest Instagram post.
The rapper shared a split of image on Thursday, including a throwback picture from their y ...
Posted Friday, October 17th 2014 at 3:11AM
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'PUBLISHED: 20:31 GMT, 15 October 2014 | We made mistakes and are deeply sorry'
The Texas hospital where two nurses were infected treating Ebola-patient Thomas Eric Duncan has apologized for the first time in their mismanaged handling of the outbr ...
Posted Friday, October 17th 2014 at 2:54AM
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National Nurses United, 10/15/14- This is an inside story from some registered nurses at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas who have familiarity with what occurred at the hospital following the positive Ebola infection of first the late Tho ...
Posted Friday, October 17th 2014 at 2:13AM
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As the body count rises in West Africa and the first patient dies on US soil, Americans can be forgiven for panicking about Ebola. But before we go into lockdown, let's assess the real threat and remember why we have an epidemic in the first place.
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Posted Thursday, October 16th 2014 at 1:07AM
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ASSOCIATED PRESS-A Dallas nurse who took a commercial flight from Cleveland hours before reporting symptoms of Ebola says that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention told her it was okay to fly.
Amber Vinson helped treat Thomas Eric Duncan, ...
Posted Thursday, October 16th 2014 at 12:27AM
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Oct 14, 2014- The rest of the world may have forgotten about the girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria, but Alicia Keys has not and she’s doing something about it.
As of Tuesday, it’s been six months since Boko Haram abducted more than 230 girl ...
Posted Wednesday, October 15th 2014 at 9:16PM
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The city of Houston has subpoenaed sermons given by local pastors.
Yes, you read that correctly.
It’s a chilling turn of events for those of us who practice our faith and value the self-evident right to religious freedom recognized by the First ...
Posted Wednesday, October 15th 2014 at 8:11PM
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October 14, 2014 -Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) called for every hospital to think about Ebola preparedness. As a nurse working in acute and critical care, you have no doubt been affected by reports of Ebola Virus Di ...
Posted Wednesday, October 15th 2014 at 8:02PM
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CNN) -- Before flying from Cleveland to Dallas, nurse Amber Vinson called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to report a temperature of 99.5 Fahrenheit and informed the agency that she was getting on a plane, a federal official said. Vins ...
Posted Wednesday, October 15th 2014 at 7:54PM
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