contributors - Tricia McCarter
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Are black home-schooled students making the grade?
8:38 AM on 05/15/2012
theGRIO REPORT - A new research effort aims to find out how African-American home-schoolers stack up academically against students in traditional schools...
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New funding increases the reach of community health centers
4:50 PM on 05/09/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Local health centers around the country received a boost from the Department of Health and Human Services last week when grant awards for renovation and construction were announced by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius...
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Reading before age 5? Experts say 'yes'
8:07 AM on 02/21/2012
theGRIO REPORT - In the pediatric waiting room at the HOYA Clinic in Washington, D.C., there is a round, blue, child-size table with four chairs. Against the wall between two large windows, stands a bookcase with four shelves of books...
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Black Women Do Work Out: Defying the myths of exercise
11:21 AM on 11/01/2011
theGRIO REPORT - It's a small stirring going on among black women when it comes to exercising. A tiny tour-de-force of sorts are coming together to try to take control of their health, offering encouragement, advice, and sisterly love to get moving...
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Ovarian cancer still a mystery, especially for black women
12:02 PM on 09/28/2011
theGRIO REPORT - With over 21,000 new cases of ovarian cancer a year - including 15,000 deaths -- it ranks fifth in cancer deaths among women. Yet, little is known about how it affects black women in particular...
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Homeless and pregnant puts infants at risk
6:00 AM on 08/21/2011
theGRIO REPORT - One in 25 pregnant women were homeless in the year prior to delivery -- most of whom were black -- according to new CDC data...
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Free genetic testing: A blueprint for saving black lives?
1:04 PM on 08/11/2011
theGRIO REPORT - Adults of African descent can have genetic testing performed for free, starting this month, as part of a national project called Roots into the Future...
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