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African American Health

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Kidney ‘Health Fest’ for African American families–June 5th

Kidney ‘Health Fest’ for African American families–June 5th

Event features free health screenings and private consultations with a doctor and healthy food made by local celebrity chefs.

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National HIV Awareness Testing Day

One out of five people in the U.S. infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, doesn’t know it, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports.
CDC recommends that everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 be tested for HIV at least once as part of their routine health care.
People who are [...]

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Making sure everyone gets quality care – opinion

Surveys show that most of us think everybody deserves safe and effective healthcare.
But the same surveys show that most of us don’t realize that that patients from certain racial and ethnic minorities often receive much lower quality care than most Americans.
In her column this month, Dr. Lori Whittaker, a family physician and a consultant with [...]

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Snohomish Health District will offer free HIV testing to Black Americans in Everett next Monday, Feb. 23

Snohomish Health District will offer free HIV testing to Black Americans in Everett next Monday, Feb. 23

In support of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the Snohomish Health District will offer free HIV testing to Black Americans who might be at risk of HIV infection.
These would include individuals who might have had unprotected sex or have injected drugs and shared their injection equipment.
Testing will include a private counseling session. Testing and counseling [...]

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