By Dianne Anderson Needles might be one scary factor preventing people from giving blood, or a long trek to the blood bank is too inconvenient, but health outreach worker Ingrid Green knows better. She finds that low donations from the Black community have more to do with historical trauma. “Stories are passed down through families ...

By Dianne Anderson An upcoming heart health information event is close to home for Rev. Chineta Goodjoin, who could not have imagined that her brother, recently diagnosed with congestive heart failure, may be experiencing what many doctors usually overlook in the Black community. “Once I told him about ATTR-CM, he went back to his doctor, ...

By Dianne Anderson Like a lot of people growing up in the old school under heavy-handed parents, a pop upside the head was considered par for the course. But for Andrea Robert, 15 years of child abuse left her with a brain injury, mild cognitive impairment, which has led her to tell everyone she meets ...

From “Vaccines to Vaccinations” By Steven Vargas California Black Media COVID-19 hospitalizations are starting to decrease in California, but that decline does not mean the pandemic is over, state health officials warn. The number of cases in California dropped by 31% over 14 days leading up to Jan. 22, according to the New York Times ...

by Dianne Anderson Beyond sheltering in place and constant handwashing that has become the new norm, experts and legislators are now scratching the surface of the far-reaching COVID-19. To at least help deal with the economic fallout, some desperately needed money is set to come down to the local level. Last week, Congressman Pete Aguilar ...