Ebola Outbreak: The Basics
It’s been all over the news. Numerous countries have issued health emergencies in the past week. Hundreds have already lost their lives, and many more fatalities are expected. Doctors, researchers […]
It’s been all over the news. Numerous countries have issued health emergencies in the past week. Hundreds have already lost their lives, and many more fatalities are expected. Doctors, researchers […]
World Hepatitis Day is celebrated annually today and is one of eight global public health campaigns endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO). According the WHO, approximately five hundred million […]
PC: Center for American Progress Action Fund Mentors. They might be friends or family, or maybe a teacher or coach. They might be a celebrity or an athlete, someone you […]
Jane M. Bolin in 1942 On this very day seventy-five years ago, Jane M. Bolin became a pioneer for African-American females in law when she became the first black female […]
The international science community today mourns the loss of the lives of several leading AIDS researchers and activists, who were all aboard the Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 from Amsterdam, Netherlands […]
PC: South Africa The Good News Iconic. Revolutionary. The father of South Africa. Madiba. These are just a few of the many titles bestowed upon Nelson Mandela throughout the course […]
The sports world descended upon Los Angeles’ Nokia Theater yesterday for the annual ESPYs, or Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards. Among the many attendees were professional tennis player Maria […]
Tomorrow, America will remember Ida B. Wells-Barnett on her birthday. Wells was an African-American journalist and women’s rights and anti-lynching activist who became one of the earliest faces of the […]
Photo: Bengt Oberger A South African author and activist whose literary works helped to shine a brighter light upon the political and societal injustices in her home nation, Nadine Gordimer […]
What makes a legend? This question has always been the subject of great debate. Some individuals maintain that it is what one accomplishes throughout his or her lifetime that warrants […]