In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and for their dedicated service to the citizens of Forsyth County, last week the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners honored Bridges to Hope Family Justice Center of Forsyth County with a resolution.
Health and Wellness
- Back to school: What parents need to know about immunizations in North Carolina
- The “golden years” not so golden for older Black Americans
- Showing love through annual Love Day event
- Red H.E.A.R.R.T.’s Red Bottom Shoes and Bow Tie Wellness and Luncheon Affair this Saturday
- Keynote speakers announced for 2025 Black Mental Health Summit
Choir rehearsal may have saved her life thanks to alert fellow choir member
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist breaks ground on new care tower
Sept. 25 is International Ataxia Awareness Day and a local single mother of four is doing her part to raise awareness and help find a cure for the rare disease which affects one’s ability to walk, speak and swallow, and that her son Daemond has been battling for the past five years.
Walk With A Doc, the AARP initiative to encourage seniors to walk for health, chose the perfect summer morning to kick off their new program. On Saturday, Aug. 13, over two dozen people gathered at the Newell-Massey Greenway on Waterworks Road to walk and talk with Dr. Elijah Beaty, who is in the Department of Cardiology at Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health.
As if battling stage 4 breast cancer isn’t stressful enough, imagine having the cancer surgically removed from your body and being told you are cancer free, only to learn you were misdiagnosed a few weeks later. That is the reality for Winston-Salem native Taneisha Gist, who thought she was cancer free, then was told that there were still cancerous cells in her body – not once, but twice.
Humana to host grand opening of its new Neighborhood Center on June 16
SummerLark fundraiser for Comprehensive Cancer Center to feature musician Aloe Blacc


