May 2015 Archive

Taking care of needs of students without insurance
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist It’s always very challenging for a parent when their child has a serious health condition. It’s even more challenging when their child has a serious condition, ...
doctor-and-patient
Depression tied to worse outcomes for Black patients with heart failure
By Robert Preidt Contributing Writer (HealthDay News) — Depression seems to increase the risk of hospitalization and death in Black — heart failure patients, a new study finds. Researchers assessed depression symptoms — ...
Dukes of hatred
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor Some Duke Blue(eyed) Devil is at it again. Dr. Jerry Hough, the Duke University professor to whom I am referring, might actually have brown or green eyes, ...
Policemen accused of sex crimes back on the job
The New Orleans Police Department, besieged with a host of scandals over the past year and grappling with a rising tide of violent crime, a severe manpower crisis and the ...
President leads discussion on poverty
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist President Obama recently participated in a long overdue panel discussion on poverty at Georgetown University. As regular readers of this column know, I have been ...
The fast track fever
By Rev. Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The trade debate is my personal loan match reaching a fever pitch, as Congress moves towards a vote on whether to pass fast track trade authority ...
Dillard University, established in 1869 and ranked No. 13 among all HBCUs in the 2014 U. S. News and World Reports Best College Rankings, held commencement exercisers on May 9 for 247 graduates.
New Congressional Caucus champions HBCUs
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A little help may be on the way for historically Black colleges and universities struggling against falling financial support and an increasingly ...
VERRET
Xavier names new president
Less than a week after its star-studded graduation, Xavier University announced that it has tapped C. Reynold Verret, the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Savannah State University ...
City leaders, NOPD take aim at false alarms
Emails show Serpas proposed similar changes to law four years ago A new ordinance aimed at reducing false alarms is also designed to help the NOPD to cut down on what ...
New Orleans area gets $1.8M funding for health centers
New Orleans, LA—The Depart­ment of Health and Human Ser­vices announced last week that two New Orleans community heal­th centers will receive $1.8 million to provide comprehensive primary healthcare services to ...

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