15 Times Black Celebrities Have Spoken Out About Prioritizing Their Mental Health

Photo:  Marcus Ingram (Getty Images)

Photo: Marcus Ingram (Getty Images)

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a national movement to raise awareness around mental health in an effort to erase the stigma and provide people with the information and support they need. This issue is particularly concerning in the Black community, where adults are 20 percent more likely to experience serious mental health problems, including major depressive disorder or generalized anxiety disorder, according to research from the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry.

But celebrities like Taraji P. Henson, Courtney B. Vance and Michelle Williams are doing their part to help erase the stigma around mental

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Medical Health Fair is hosting a community health fair – Action News Jax

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Medical Health Fair is having a free community health fair event which is open to the public.

There will be almost 45 Drs. are participating. Services will be provided to the public EKG, EchoCardiogram, and blood sugar test.

Woman health care screening for breast cancer in 3D picture by Precision with UF Health.

One blood bank will be there for blood donations.

Read: JSO officer shot in line of duty making progress in rehab, community helps raise money for family

Vision screening will be provided by Drs. Physical therapy consultation will be there.

Many hospitals and the

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Outside firms investigating former CEO accused of abusing charity funds, policies – WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio

KETTERING — Kettering Health has issued a statement in response to allegations of abuse of charitable funds against former CEO Fred Manchur.

“We are—and have been—fully aware of allegations of inappropriate fiscal and operational management at Kettering Health. Our Board and leadership team take these allegations seriously and are committed to integrity, improvement, and upholding the trust of our staff, providers, and community,” the statement reads.

Kettering Health said to “ensure impartiality,” the board asked an outside firm to do an internal investigation into the allegations and another to recommend updates to their processes and policies.

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Macron says ‘positive’ news on children hurt in France knife attack

Police near the scene of the stabbing in Annecy, France (OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE)

Police near the scene of the stabbing in Annecy, France (OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE)

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said the health of the preschool children badly injured in a mass knife attack by a Syrian refugee was “heading in the right direction”, as police questioned the attacker.

Four children — aged between 22 months and three years old — were stabbed Thursday in a playground in the Alpine town of Annecy, a normally idyllic lakeside spot popular with tourists.

While France was in shock over the blood-curdling attack, there was a deluge of praise on social media for rescue workers

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People News and Notes: ECU Health names Medford as first digital health officer | business

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Belarus prime minister delivers speech as dictator Lukashenko skips country’s Flag Day celebration

Aleksandr Lukashenko

Aleksandr Lukashenko

Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko delivered the speech instead of the dictator.

The event was held on the State Flag Square in Minsk.

Read also: Lukashenko unable to walk 300 meters, skips breakfast with Putin in Moscow

Earlier, it was reported that Lukashenko had visited the presidential medical clinic in the Drozdy complex near Minsk on the evening of May 13, after rumors spread that he was ill.

Zerkalo (a medium set up by the former TUT. ВY news outlet team) wrote that Lukashenko has been making many fewer public appearances since May.

Lukashenko attended the Victory Day parade

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A number of insiders bought Plant Health Care plc (LON:PHC) stock last year, which is great news for shareholders

It is usually uneventful when a single insider buys stock. However, When quite a few insiders buy shares, as it happened in Plant Health Care plc’s (LON:PHC) case, it’s fantastic news for shareholders.

Although we don’t think shareholders should simply follow insider transactions, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.

See our latest analysis for Plant Health Care

Plant Health Care Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

In the last twelve months, the biggest single purchase by an insider was when Non-Executive Chairman Christopher G. Richards bought UK£75k worth of shares at a price of UK£0.12 per

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Community workers fan out to persuade immigrant seniors to get covered

OAKLAND, Calif. — For three years, Bertha Embriz of San Francisco has gone without health insurance, skipping annual wellness exams and recently tolerating a broken molar by trying not to chew with it. As an immigrant without legal status, the 58-year-old unpaid caregiver knew that California’s Medicaid program was closed to her.

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That changed in May, when California expanded Medi-Cal — its Medicaid program for residents with low incomes — to adults 50 and older, regardless of immigration status. The problem was that Embriz didn’t realize she would be eligible until she attended a community meeting in San Francisco.

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