From about 2,400 in 1910, the number of African American women in nursing had ... to assess hospitals as and advisor to the U.S. Surgeon General. He died in a car accident in March 1950, while ...

Dr. Helen Octavia Dickens broke barriers as the first African American woman admitted to the American College of Surgeons. A pioneer in medicine, she dedicated her career to serving underprivileged ...

The U.S. Surgeon General has issued an advisory linking alcohol consumption to an increased risk of cancer, calling for updated warning labels.