GARY — Immortality comes with a catch. Something may be taken without your say. Even your loved ones won’t learn about it until decades later. So it was for the family of Henrietta Lacks, a poor black ...

TACTS Hosts Annual Health & Wellness Networking Social (Photo credit: Eddy "Precise" Lamarre) On May 31, 2025, TACTS (The Association of Clinical Trial Services) hosted its Annual Health & Wellness ...

Henrietta Lacks' cells are responsible for boundless biotechnological advancements in the medical world. Morgan State University and the National Great Blacks In Wax Museum are partnering to honor the ...

Henrietta Lacks, often called the ‘Mother of Modern Medicine,’ has left a legacy that transcends generations and continues to save millions of lives. She was born in Roanoke on Aug. 1, 1920, to Eliza ...

Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose immortal cells have circled the globe, contributing to medical breakthroughs, research and vaccines, was honored at Morgan State University (MSU) with a wax figure on ...

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from Maryland introduced a bill to posthumously award Henrietta Lacks the Congressional Gold Medal, recognizing her enduring legacy in medical science and her pivotal role in ...

During her brief lifetime, Henrietta Lacks inadvertently changed the face of medicine. Now, the woman whose harvested cells continue to inform and advance medical research will also change the face of ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — March is Women's History Month, a time to celebrate and recognize the contributions women have made to society. One high school in Vancouver has made an influential woman its ...

In July 2020, a 70-year-old veteran from Roanoke, Virginia, knocked down and subsequently destroyed the Robert E. Lee monument spire in the city's Lee Plaza in an effort to quell mounting emotions ...

People in Baltimore are coming together this weekend to put the final touches on a mural honoring the legacy of Henrietta Lacks, known as the "mother of modern medicine." Loretta Pleasant, known to ...

Join the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Saturday, Oct. 4 for the 15th anniversary of the Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture, honoring the enduring legacy of Henrietta ...