Health
A new trend is sweeping across TikTok, and it’s not another dance challenge—it’s sleepmaxxing. The new fad involves using a number of hacks to get better rest at night, but does it really work?
For too long, mental health has been a taboo subject in the Black community, shrouded in silence, stigma, and misconceptions—It's time for a change!
After losing over 180 pounds, plus-size influencer Maui Bigelow found herself defending her new weight.
Wake County Public Health is taking a bold step in the fight against HIV with the launch of a new PrEP awareness campaign aimed at increasing education and access to preventive treatment. Pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP, is a highly effective medication that reduces the risk of HIV transmission when taken as prescribed. Wake up to PrEP aims […]
Stress can contribute to serious health problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.
The cuts directly contradict a promise Donald Trump made in 2019 to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 and align with his agenda to save money at all costs.
Families in western Wake County have a new reason to smile! Wake County has officially opened its latest Regional Smiles clinic, bringing free dental care to uninsured children and young adults up to age 20. Building on the success of the award-winning Smiles at Sunnybrook program, Regional Smiles provides essential preventive dental services at no cost to […]
Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood contributes to a rare form of heart failure that disproportionately affects Black mothers.
Singer, Songwriter, and “Hope Dealer” MAJOR Joins Rickey Smiley to Support the St. Jude Radiothon
The bacterial disease, which spreads person-to-person, has seen a rise in cases in the Portland, Oregon, metro area.
In the past few years, Black communities have increasingly turned to ancestral healing traditions—practices that sustained our ancestors through hardship. Rooted in herbal medicine, spiritual rituals, communal healing, and energy work, these traditions are gaining greater visibility, not as fleeting trends, but as essential tools for addressing historical trauma and breaking generational cycles.
Pain has a way of shaping us. It breaks us open, forcing us to confront parts of ourselves we might otherwise avoid.
