Three voices reflect on the future of black women in positions of political leadership and the work of the women who came ...

For nearly two decades, California has made significant progress in reducing maternal mortality. In fact, our state has the ...

In an advisory issued Friday, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recommended that labels on alcoholic beverages be updated to include a warning about the risk of cancer associated with alcohol ...

The U.S. surgeon ... General Hospital, said in a statement. In a contrarian 2024 study, more than one alcoholic drink a day increased the risk for heart disease, especially in women.

Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, I observed the vast economic divide that that contributes to health care disparities. Unstable employment and housing, food deserts, underfunded schools, and ...

(CNN) — Here is a look at women in business, education, government and sports who have broken through the glass ceiling and become the first in their respective positions in the United States. 1739 - ...

The stocks of alcohol makers and distributors fell across the board early Friday, after the U.S. surgeon general released a new advisory warning of the link between booze and cancer risk.

Nancy Leftenant-Colon passed away at 104 after serving as the first Black woman in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps following its ...

A new report from the American Cancer Society shows that cancer mortality rates continue to decline, but diagnoses are on the ...

She attended the Lincoln School for Nurses in the Bronx, the first school in the country to train Black women to become ...

A new study by Mass General Brigham investigators shows persistent racial disparities and growing sex disparities between patients who discussed and received weight loss surgery between 2000 and 2020.

Life is a ride for Dr Igor Banzic, who has set out on a three-week solo motorcycle trip around Australia’s coastline in honour of the country’s first female surgeon. Read the details.