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Medicare pays for hospice in full, and Black families use it far less than white families. Some of …
Black Americans rarely get melanoma. When they do, they are far more likely to die of it, and …
Medicare rates every certified nursing home from one to five stars, and the rating is worth reading. It …
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About two thirds of Black adults carry a genetic variant that produces a lower neutrophil count with no …
Federal law gives most workers break time to pump for a full year after birth and a private …
Most Black mothers start out breastfeeding. What decides whether it lasts is usually the support around you in …
Pregnancy Medicaid has the highest income limit of any adult Medicaid group, can start the same day at …
Florida, North Carolina, Texas and Louisiana let you get medication early or without your doctor once a storm …
Federal law funds clinics that must treat you whether or not you can pay, and Medicaid cannot be …
You can ask for a Black doctor in a hospital, through your insurance, on Medicaid or Medicare, at …
CDC's WISEWOMAN program pays for blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar screening, follow-up and coaching for uninsured and …
A 988 call reaches a crisis counselor in about a minute, costs nothing, and does not require your …
The AIDS Drug Assistance Program pays for HIV medication, and in most states insurance premiums and copays too, …
Black dermatologists are about 3 percent of the specialty, so finding one takes a search plan, not a …
A PSA under 4.0 is not a clean result. Cancer turns up at every PSA level, so the …
Yes, and the CDC says why it happens less often. The catch is that every lice kit assumes …
Most children with sickle cell disease now reach adulthood, and the deaths have moved to the years right …
On a Black baby, eczema is gray, purple, or a deeper brown, and it often shows up as …
Black women have the highest death rate from breast cancer of any racial or ethnic group in the …
Cost is one of the most common reasons people put off STD testing, and it is the most …
Colorectal cancer screening starts at age 45, and the disease is the third leading cause of cancer death …
Scabies mites do not care how clean your home is, and on Black skin the rash rarely matches …
Warm compresses help a boil drain. Squeezing spreads the infection deeper. And when boils keep returning to the …
Your kidney health lives in three lab values: creatinine, eGFR, and uACR. Here is what each number means, …
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