Health

The Wellness in Black Life (WIBL) project will hold an upcoming panel on Aug. 20 centered on the voices of Black men and boys in defining what true health and well-being looks like—on their terms.

When every headline feels like a personal blow and your spirit stays in fight-or-flight, here’s how to combat news fatigue.

The Young Doctors Project partners with Howard University to guide high school boys of color toward futures in health professions.

Black women are disproportionately affected by heart disease, but how can we change this alarming disparity? It starts with knowledge.

It has been a very long journey in the ongoing fight to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and now it appears we might be one step closer towards our goal

Michigan’s former Office of Equity and Minority Health was one of the oldest minority health offices in the US and has been renamed “to align with broader departmental and community priorities.” 

The ruling specifically targets executive orders Trump issued tying federal funding to an organization’s DEI efforts. 

A new trend is sweeping across TikTok, and it’s not another dance challenge—it’s sleepmaxxing. The new fad involves using a number of hacks to get better rest at night, but does it really work?

The cuts directly contradict a promise Donald Trump made in 2019 to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 and align with his agenda to save money at all costs.

In the past few years, Black communities have increasingly turned to ancestral healing traditions—practices that sustained our ancestors through hardship. Rooted in herbal medicine, spiritual rituals, communal healing, and energy work, these traditions are gaining greater visibility, not as fleeting trends, but as essential tools for addressing historical trauma and breaking generational cycles.

Pain has a way of shaping us. It breaks us open, forcing us to confront parts of ourselves we might otherwise avoid.

Many ancient healing traditions, including Ayurveda and herbalism, have long turned to the plant world for support in calming the nervous system and restoring balance.