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 ...

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 ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...

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

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 ...

"The last thing he said before passing was, 'I should have finished the job of drowning her and burning down the house.'" ...

Black women in Pennsylvania are 2.3 times as likely as white women to face serious maternal health problems, according to a new report.

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...

In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...