Tag: health care
Healthcare Exec Trinita Ashford on Motherhood and the Medical Industry
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...