Health
Randy Moss has been treated for cancer
Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss recently announced that he has undergone surgery for cancer. He explained his condition on Instagram Live on Friday, saying that he had been in the hospital for six days and was released Friday. “I am a cancer survivor. Some trying times, of course, but, you know, we made…
Read MoreMinnesota governor signs bill to provide free breakfasts and lunches for school children
The Black Panther Party launched the program in 1969 School girls hugged and kissed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who signed the universal school meals bill, meaning that a similar program founded by the Black Panther Party, is now accepted into law although the late F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover wanted to destroy it along with…
Read MoreProstate cancer is higher among Black men
The American Cancer Society reports that cancer rates are 5 percent higher among Black men compared to White men and 79 percent higher than for Asian American/Pacific Islanders. Overall, the incidence is higher in Black men because of prostate cancer, which is 70 percent higher than in White men, three times higher than among Asian…
Read MoreHenrietta Lacks’s statue defeats General Robert E. Lee
Henrietta Lacks’ statue will replace that of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, a slaveholder, in Roanoke, Virginia. Robert E. Lee’s statue, situated in Lee Plaza, was erected in 1960. The plaza will now be renamed Lacks Plaza in honor of Henrietta Lacks who died of cervical cancer in 1951 at John Hopkins Hospital. In July 2020,…
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