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A team of Black tech leaders is developing technology that will help patients of color obtain accurate readings from pulse oximeters. The post Black Engineers Work To Revolutionize Pulse Oximeters For Patients Of Color appeared first on NewsOne.

A 66-year-old man living with HIV since 1988, in addition to also having cancer, was virtually cured of both following stem cell transplants.

The gospel singer recently had some telling words at church. The post Notable Black Anti-Vaxxers Who Won’t Endorse The COVID-19 Vaccine appeared first on NewsOne.

Scientists are preparing to introduce a new form of birth control for males, which has so far been 99% effective in preventing pregnancy amongst lab rats.

Astronaut Jessica Watkins will make history as the first Black woman to join an international space station crew.

The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a biotechnology company on Monday, accusing it of selling cells that doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took from the Black woman in 1951 without her knowledge or consent as part of “a racially unjust medical system.”

Hospital workers begin unloading precious frozen vials of COVID-19 vaccine Monday, with the first vaccinations against a scourge that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans expected later in the day. “It feels like the cavalry is arriving,” Robert C. Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health, said as New Jersey’s largest health network awaited delivery. Shots made […]