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Spring Cleaning for Your Mental Health

Posted by Sydney Davenport | Apr 11, 2019

Now that spring is upon us, it’s time to spring clean. And I’m not just talking about your living...

Studies Show a Healthier Diet Significantly Protects Against Alzheimer’s and Other Degenerative Diseases

Posted by Sydney Davenport | Apr 13, 2018

A study on the Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet proves that...

Fierce Remembers

Posted by Sydney Davenport | Mar 1, 2018

For their contributions to the health of black women Helen Octavia Dickens, MD (1909-2001)...

Viola Davis: Making Black History

Posted by Sydney Davenport | Feb 9, 2018

This Black History Month Fierce is taking a look at the amazing and absolutely fierce black women...

Black Music: Then and Now

Posted by Sydney Davenport | Jun 30, 2017

As Black Music Month ends, let’s reminisce on some of the musical contributions made by...

Fierce Voices

Inequality Is an Underlying COVID-19 Risk Factor

African Americans are still contracting the coronavirus. During the height of the pandemic, we contracted COVID-19 at an alarming rate, accounting for up to 70% of deaths in some areas. Dr. Melissa Clarke is among the physicians who have been at the forefront of keeping us healthy on her own and as a member of the Black Coalition Against COVID. Click here to read more.