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Health Issues, 1987-2001

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of newspaper stories detailing health issues. -Newspaper clipping titled: “More Unwed Dads Beginning to Acknowledge their Paternity” -Clipping from the “Los Angeles Times”: “Livestock Virus Confirmed in Scotland” dated March 2, 2001. -Clipping from the “L.A. Sentinel”: “Asthma Rate up for Black Kids” dated 18/9/97. -Photocopied story about Aids and “When will we know the truth?” is written in large bold letters. -Clipping “How much fish is in a finger?” from Caroline Walker in London. -A series of magazine cutouts titled “How to Live 20 Years Longer and Enjoy Every Minute of It.” -“Los Angeles Times” clipping: “In Mexico, Corruption Can Be Hazardous to One’s Health” by Agustin Gurza, dated 5/25/99. -Photocopy of “The Metro Section” from the “New York Times”: “People Constantly Shed DNA, Study Finds” from June 19, 1997. -Photocopied story from “The New York Amsterdam News”: “Slavery’s Legacy: African-American physicians tackle health issues” dated July 24-30, 1997. -Clipping from “The New York Times”: “The Use and Injection of Heroin are Rising in Cities, a Study Says” by Christopher S. Wren from June 25, 1997 -Photocopied story from “The New York Amsterdam News”: “Venom has a deadly bite Blacks made up nearly half of new AIDS cases in 1996” by Herb Boyd. Also from that photocopy: “Sweet Talk” by Gerald W. Deas, M.D. This is a story about diabetes in the black community, dated April 2-8, 1998. -Photocopied story from “The New York Amsterdam News”: “African-American health briefs” -Photocopied editorial from “The Nation”: “Medical Emergency Silence Kills Blacks” from April 20, 1998 by Doug Ireland. -Photocopied story from “The New York Amsterdam News”: “Herpes simplex ain’t simple” by Gerald W. Deas, M.D. dated February 26-March 4, 1998. -Photocopied stories from “The New York Amsterdam News” Vol. 89, No. 49, Dec 3-9, 1998: “Women of color at greater risk for osteoporosis” -Photocopied stories from “The New York Amsterdam News”: “Children starve in N. Korea, food runs out rapidly” by Jane Macartney and “Stock market and hunger at record highs” by July 17-23, 1997. -Photocopied stories from “The New York Times”: “Hardest Habit to Break: Memories of the High” by Denise Grady dated October 27, 1998. -Newspaper clipping of an advertisement: “Horse Liniment Eases Arthritis Pain” -Clipping from the “Los Angeles Times”: “Doctors Overprescribing Antibiotics, Study Finds” by Terence Monmaney. -Clipping from “Ebony Magazine”: “Health Risks and Body-Piercing” from June 1998. -Photocopied story from “The New York Times”: “Disease Control Agency Urges Wider Use of H.I.V. Blood Tests” by Lawrence K. Altman dated March 27, 1998 -Photocopied story: “Why are Black men afraid of therapy” by Mitchell E. Gibson, M.D., P.C. dated October 29, 1997. -Photocopied stories from the “New Jersey Star-Ledger”: “Blacks confront the pain of suicide” by Angela Stewart dated March 10, 1998 “Hospital infections, drug resistance rise in U.S.” by Mike Cooper- March 13-15, 1998. -Clipping: “African Mind” -Printed copy of USA Today article: “Genetically Altered: Food Buyer Beware” by John Fagan dated March 6, 1997. The article is included in a packet detailing food contamination in restaurants, GMO’s, and information about organic food. -Photocopied stories from “The New York Times”: “E.P.A. Finds Pesticides in Water of 38 States” dated Nov. 15, 1988. -Photocopied story from the “Daily Challenge”: “Black churches must fight AIDS” by Ronald J. Weatherford. -Photocopied story from “The New York Times”: “Challenging the Conventional Stance on AIDS” by David France. -Photocopied story from “The New York Amsterdam News:” “Getting churches to respond to AIDS epidemic” by Talise D. Moorer. -Photocopied story from “The New York Amsterdam News”: “Calling on Black Churches to set up war on AIDS” dated December 10-16, 1998.

Dates

  • Creation: 1987-2001

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Extent

From the Collection: 26.67 Linear Feet (50 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

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