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Jolita Dorsett Wainwright recently received the 2009 President's Volunteer Service Award for her community work.

WHAT: Neighborhood Union Health Center Clients in Vine City will learn how to adopt healthy nutrition practices without sacrificing taste by using fresh vegetables and herbs during a holiday community event at the Center.

Most sexually active unmarried young adults believe pregnancy should be planned, but about half do not use contraception regularly, according to a study published Tuesday.

Morehouse School of Medicine's Dr. Ayanna Buckner has been selected as a Marshall Memorial Fellow.

This photo provided by Morehouse School of Medicine, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, shows U.S. Surgeon General Dr.

The new U.S. Surgeon General on Thursday called for stepped-up efforts in increasing the number of minority physicians.

Fulton County will offer the H1N1 vaccine at the Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless Thanksgiving Dinner at Turner Field from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov.

ChildrenA's Healthcare of Atlanta has received a $30 million grant from the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation, a charity focused on supporting organizations and programs that benefit children and youth in metro Atlanta.

It was a matter of time for Shirley Savage-Hammonds. The 43-year-old Williston woman knows she can wake up at 2 a.m. with terrible pain in her back and legs, pain that Percocet won't "knock down," she said.

While an undiagnosed illness kept Hue Ngo from talking, visiting med student Cam Tu Nguyen spoke to him in their native Vietnamese and found out that he could still write.

David Satcher, M.D., U.S. surgeon general from 1998-2002, has made a career out of advocating for the elimination of racial health disparities.

Xavier University of Louisiana has received a five-year $10.1 million grant from the National Center for Research Resources , part of the National Institutes of Health and its Research Centers in Minority Institutions program.

Regina M. Benjamin, M.D. was unanimously confirmed as Surgeon General by the Senate late yesterday .

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Dr.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded $75 million to Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science and three other historically black institutions to establish a medical research consortium to combat health disparities in minority and underserved populations.

Meharry Medical College has been awarded a $21.4 million research grant, the largest in school history, to study disparities in minority health conditions.

The director of the Centers for Disease Control admitted Wednesday that finding the H1N1 vaccine has been frustrating for many people.

A "Health Information Technology Resource Teach-In" will be heldA from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct.

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Since the tragic shooting death of Spelman student Jasmine Lynn on the campus of Clark Atlanta University, many have been wondering what the university is doing to increase student safety.