Health Pulse

The news of the recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery have brought forth expressions of deep anguish, fear, sadness, and rage in communities across the nation.…Read More

JUNE 23, 2020  By: M H Fairview Staff Writer Devastating. That’s how Reverend Dr. Melvin Miller describes the impact of COVID-19 on Progressive Baptist Church, located on the East Side of St. Paul. Miller…Read More

Author: Angel Mendez, Communications Manager | JUNE 18, 2020 Minnesota is home to many different people, including one of the largest East African populations in the country. Two communities—Somalis and Ethiopians in Minneapolis…Read More

Call for submissions: National Conference on Health Disparities and African American Men Abstract and poster submissions now open for the annual National Conference on the Health of African American Men sponsored…Read More

  A Forum on Health Outcomes: Cancer Disparities in African American Men in conjunction with the annual CHAAMPS National Meeting Keynote Speaker: Otis Brawley, MD,  Former Chief Medical and Scientific…Read More

  The burden of risk factors for chronic disease is substantially higher in black men compared with their white counterparts including a higher prevalence of obesity and hypertension. The Center…Read More

NIMHD Sponsors Medical Care Supplement on Health IT to Address Disparities The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) is sponsoring a Medical Care supplement on  "Addressing Health Disparities through…Read More

Dr. Herman Taylor to share successful cardiovascular disease and prevention strategies for African American men at CHAAMPS conference The Center for Healthy African American Men through Partnerships (CHAAMPS) will host…Read More

CHICAGO — The detection rates of adenoma and advanced adenoma were alarmingly high in a small group of predominantly black men and women who underwent free screening colonoscopy in an…Read More

CHAAMPS announces the selected 2017 pilot research projects The addition of these projects brings the total research portfolio to 19 research projects.   The 2017 projects will be lead by:…Read More