June is Men’s Health Month. The Health & Wellness committee of One Hundred Black Men spent the past 27 days raising awareness of preventable health problems and health concerns disproportionately impacting the African-American community. Louis Baldwin and I had the amazing opportunity to sit down with Mayor David Dinkins and discuss these activities on his Saturday…
November is American Diabetes Month. Diabetes is an ever growing disease impacting millions of people in this country. Here are the statistics: – 25 million Americans have Diabetes – 18 million have been diagnosed – 7 million do not know they have the disease – 79 million Americans are pre-diabetic Essentially, you could fit every single…
The world reached an important milestone on Monday, October 31st. The UN reported that there are now 7 billion people on the planet. Marking such a milestone was no easy task. Every second approximately 4 births and 2 deaths occur worldwide. That makes it nearly impossible to zero in on the exact number of people…
The Briefing Room 