Puff Daddy, Meek Mill, Wiz Khalifa Send Water to Flint

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The fever pitch of the Flint, MI water crisis has resulted in many people, organizations and celebrities sending bottled water to...

Nigerian Born Doctor Opens ER in Houston

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Rebecca Walton of Houston Profile Magazine is reporting that Nigerian born Dr. Foyekemi Ikyaator, 31, is opening a stand-alone emergency room...

Breast Cancer Awareness: Pinkwellchick Foundation Offers Comfort

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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. You would have to be living under a rock to not be touched by...

Alma G. Davis: From Domestic Violence Survivor to Advocate

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). Every nine seconds a woman is assaulted or beaten. On average, nearly 20 people...

‘Dust Lady’: 9/11 Survivor Marcy Borders Dies

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The blogosphere is mourning the loss of Marcy Borders, 42, the woman referred to as 'Dust Lady,' after what would become...

Ghana to Bring Cuban Doctors to Help Mitigate Strike

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AllAfrica.com is reporting that Ghana is bringing 170 doctors from Cuba to help mitigate the deficiencies in health care due to...

VIDEO: Using Play to Cope with Stress & Anxiety

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July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. The Burton Wire has brought you information, resources and personal stories of African-Americans...

Blacks & Asthma: Dr. Brian Seymour Honored

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  WJCT Public Broadcasting is reporting that Dr. Bryan Seymour was honored with an award praising his medical research on asthma and...

Nigeria Marks One Year Without Polio

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BBC is reporting that Nigeria has made it a year without declaring a single case of polio. If the World Health...

Black Women and Suicide: The Curious Case of Sandra Bland

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The curious case of ‪#‎SandraBland‬ has really been on my mind lately not so much for the obvious reasons but more...

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