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Getty Images A Black woman who reportedly traveled to Mexico to receive a tummy tuck was abducted with three other people in an attack that experts say highlights the risks of going abroad for more affordable medical care. The U.S. Embassy in Mexico

Name of Product: Vaunn Medical Bed Assist Rail adult bed rails Hazard: When the recalled bed rails are attached to an adult’s bed, users can become entrapped within the bed rail or between the bed rail and the side of the mattress. This poses a serious entrapment hazard and risk of death by asphyxiation. Recall […]

The leading U.S. medical journal, read regularly by doctors of all specialties, systematically ignores an equally reputable and rigorous body of medical research that focuses on Black Americans’ health. The American Medical Association created a segregated “whites only” environment more than 100 years ago to prohibit Black physicians from joining their ranks. This exclusionary and […]

The head of U.S. News and World Report responded to the departure of several medical and law schools throughout the country from its rankings, saying the organization is one of the only places for students to compare institutions based on the factors that matter most to them.  Eric Gertler, the CEO and executive chairman of […]

Barbara Ross-Lee, sister to Diana RossPhoto byPic Credit: Eboby Magazine Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee is a trailblazing figure in the field of medicine. Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1942, Ross-Lee grew up with a passion for science, and a love for show business which she shared with her famous sister, Diana Ross. However, despite her talent […]

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. —  Cadet 1st Class Sirri Akaya fell in love with biology in high school and has never looked back. She’s scheduled to graduate this June from the U.S. Air Force Academy with a degree in biology and a Health Professionals Scholarship Program slot for medical school, evidence that […]

Born in Baltimore, Maryland and raised in Liberia, Samuel Ford McGill was the first Black person to graduate from an American medical school. Studious and eager, McGill embraced the study of medicine and in 1839 he received an MD degree with honors from Dartmouth’s then medical department. He achieved this at a time when people […]

Cadet earns leadership award, scholarship to attend medical school Cadet 1st Class Sirri Akaya poses outside Fairchild Hall, Jan. 31, 2022. She recently won the Black Engineer of the Year Award for Military Student Leadership. The U.S. Air Force Academy senior plans to attend medical school next year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Pacheco) […]

The cases of Henrietta Lacks and the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study participants are oftentimes referenced during discussions about the Black community’s distrust of the health care system. Henrietta Lacks was a Black woman with cervical cancer whose cells were unknowingly taken, used and distributed by Johns Hopkins University for medical research in 1951. […]

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A team of researchers found that Black and Hispanic veterans waited longer for some medical services at Veteran Affairs (VA) hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic years than their white counterparts.  The study authors, who work with the VA, wrote that previous research has shown that Black and Hispanic veterans wait longer for […]


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