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Healthcare Exec Trinita Ashford on Motherhood and the Medical Industry

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By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson The Birmingham Times Trinita Ashford knows about balance. The mother of seven has served as executive director of ConnectionHealth, a community-based organization that...

Attorney Eric Guster Opening a Retail Center on Birmingham’s West Side

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By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times Eric Guster, local attorney and real estate developer, is bringing a roughly 6,000-square-foot retail center with four tenants, two of...

Free Home Visits for JeffCo ER Users in New Cooper Green...

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By Savannah Koplon UAB News Emergency departments across Birmingham and the country are all experiencing similar stressors: full waiting rooms, longer than normal wait times and...

Birmingham Health Workers Graduate from Program to Full Time Jobs

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By Anthony Cook Alabama NewsCenter Staff Fourteen community health workers from the Birmingham area have graduated from the newly launched Path to Wellness initiative, which is...

What $1.8M from Bloomberg Philanthropies Means For Birmingham City Students

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By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times Birmingham Promise has been awarded a $1.8 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to expand its apprenticeship and internship program for...

Sickle Cell Patients Suffer Discrimination, Poor Care — And Shorter Lives

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By Jenny Gold Kaiser Health News NeDina Brocks-Capla sits in her kitchen in San Francisco. Her son Kareem Jones died at age 36 from sickle cell...

Poll: Americans Avoid Planning For Serious Illness

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By Melissa Bailey Kaiser Health News “I’ll deal with it tomorrow. The perpetual tomorrow.” That’s what one person told a pollster, encapsulating how Americans avoid planning ahead for...

Lynneice Washington beat breast cancer and now she nurtures others

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By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times Lynneice Washington remembers the time as one filled with challenges in her life. She was campaigning for a district judge...

United Way supports families fighting through disabilities

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By Pat Byington Bhamnow.com Eryca Lewis and her son, Kylin, have a special bond. That’s the first thing you notice about them. It’s seen in the...

Inspired by his wife’s selfless example, Tracey Muhammad teaches others about...

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By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times After his wife was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer, Tracey Muhammad asked one of the doctors present how he could...