Smilios began researching and learned how the first clinical trial for a lifesaving antibiotic happened at Sea View under the watchful supervision of experienced nurses — all of them Black women. But ...

Black women are represented in NCAA Hockey more than they ever have in the league’s history. Representation in the sport is ...

High school seniors in New England from historically underserved populations can apply for the Mary Eliza Mahoney Scholarship if they are members of the New England Regional Black Nurses Association ...

More insight is being provided into Sophia Jones' seminal work detailing Black health issues in the United States over a century ago.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, in an address from the floor of the House of Representatives, focused on the ...

A new report explores the disproportionately high death rate among Black women in the Delta from cervical cancer.

Lynwood Mayor Jada Curry is challenged in the Democratic primary from a slate named The Lynwood Choice Team led by Detonya ...

As a part of Black History Month's recognition, Castanet is highlighting the stories of some of the earliest recorded Black ...

Black women are nearly seven times more likely to die than white women from a pregnancy-related death in New Jersey. Several ...

She started her career at the Lincoln School for Nurses in the Bronx, New York, the first school in the country to train Black women to become nurses. Her niece, Cheryl Leftenant, said ...

She was one of just 500 Black nurses to serve during World War II, out of a total of 50,000 — a result of government caps that kept thousands more Black women from serving. Mrs. Leftenant-Colon ...

Each day, as we have learned, brings new information about another first for Black Americans. It is something that may go on ...