Cornish was Black. He likely didn’t know that the hospital had been founded two years before as Provident Hospital and Training School for Nurses, the nation’s first integrated hospital, a haven where ...

Moffitt Cancer Center doctors and officials detailed what they’re doing to improve health equity for Black patients.

As Bowman sparred with Republican Marc Short, former Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, he drew a link between recent acts of racial and political violence and rhetorical attacks against ...

At a time when public trust in healthcare is increasingly fragile Dr. Marquita Lyons-Smith, stands as a powerful advocate for ...

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Donnie Seals, Sr. and his son, Eric share a transformational trip in a PBS documentary they hope will help other Black people.

Nearly 20 percent of the District's practicing doctors are African American. Amid this pandemic, many see themselves in their patients.

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