Tag: healthcare
Why Black Christians are Less Likely to Get Their Preferred End-of-Life...
By Anna Jones
UAB News
Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham published a paper in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities demonstrating the importance of respecting the...
Health Care Facility Could Be Coming to Riverchase Galleria
By Selah Vetter
bhamnow.com
The city of Hoover announced redevelopment plans to turn Riverchase Galleria into a mixed-use space, including a health care facility.
The Riverchase Galleria and Patton...
Dr. Mona Fouad Recognized Again For Stellar Work at UAB
By Adam Pope
UAB News
The Vilcek Foundation and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation have selected Mona Fouad, M.D., to receive the 2022 Vilcek-Gold Award for...
Top Health Officials in Birmingham Reflect on 2 Years of COVID...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Two years after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a global pandemic, medical officials continue...
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Becomes First Black Woman to Lead Medicare and Medicaid
By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
A White House photo featuring dozens of African American members of the Biden-Harris administration circulated the internet...
Birmingham Freedom Fest Returns With Music, Panel Talks on July 23-24
www.freedomfestbhm.com
Birmingham Freedom Fest, a music and empowerment festival, is set to return this summer, Friday, July 23 and Saturday, July 24.
Due to the current...
Jefferson County Jails To Get New Health Care Provider On June...
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Beginning June 1, Jefferson County jails will get a new health care provider—Birmingham-based NaphCare Inc., which offers correctional services across...
Meet Cornelius Henderson, Senior VP, Jail Operations, NaphCare, Inc.
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Given a choice between becoming a doctor or a nurse, Cornelius Henderson decided on nurse.
“It’s expensive to be a...
Humble Beginnings For Local Firm That Offers Correctional Health Care
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
NaphCare Inc. may have the former Cooper Green Mercy Hospital to thank for its birth.
Birmingham-based NaphCare—which provides correctional services...
Ellis: Healthcare For All. Really?
By Glenn Ellis
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain...