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South Africa: Mandela Discharged From the Hospital
Former President Nelson Mandela was discharged from a hospital on Saturday after an improvement in ...
Bobby Womack Hospitalized
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Al Jarreau Cancels Shows in France
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Kenya Starts New Vaccine Campaign Against Pneumonia
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Swine Flu Ushers in Need for Pneumonia Vaccine Too
Swine Flu Ushers in Need for Pneumonia Vaccine Too...
Heavy D’s Death: Respiratory Failure Suspected as Cause
Heavy D's death — reportedly from respiratory failure — shines a light on a health issue affecting ...
Thirty Years of HIV/AIDS in Black America
June 5 marks the three decades of the AIDS epidemic. How will the next 30 impact Black America?...
Medication Nation: Study Shows Antibiotic Overuse
U.S. doctors are prescribing enough antibiotics to give them to 4 out of 5 Americans every year, an...
Heavyweight Boxer Jimmy Bivins Dies in Ohio at 92
Jimmy Bivins, a heavyweight boxer in the 1940s and 1950s who defeated some of the greatest fighters...
Former Congresswoman Cardiss Collins Dead at 81
Cardiss Collins, the first African-American woman to represent Illinois in Congress died of complic...
This Day in Black History: April 29, 1899
Jazz legend Duke Ellington was born in Washington, D.C, on April 29, 1899....
This Day in Black History: May 13, 1891
Isaac Burns Murphy became the first three-time winner of the Kentucky Derby on May 13, 1891....
Blacks and Heart Disease: Q&A With Dr. Williams
BET.com talked with Dr. Marcus L. Williams, president of the Association of Black Cardiologists, ab...
Bobby Smith of The Spinners Dead at 76
The Detroit native was diagnosed with lung cancer in November....
Bobby Womack Reveals Alzheimer's Diagnosis
The soul music legend is in the early stage of the "frustrating" disease....
A Different World Star Lou Myers Dies
The beloved actor was 77....
This Day in Black History: Sept. 28, 1991
Jazz great Miles Davis dies at age 65 on Sept. 28, 1991....
Heavy D Dies at Age 44
The rap star succumbs to respiratory failure....
New Film for Denzel Washington; Viola Davis Talks Barbara Jordan Biopic
The Oscar winner to star in The Equalizer, the Oscar-nominated actress on playing an “American Hero...
