Frank Bostic News Today

There is little doubt as to the deleterious effects of smoking, including within the targeted Black community.

Advocate Stan Martin wants the City of Buffalo to act now to prohibit the sale of menthol tobacco products. With the help of the Public Health Law Center, he drafted

Sixteen years ago, the House of Representatives and the United States Senate designated Sept. 25 as the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims.

The move to ban menthol cigarettes was applauded by health advocates, including the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association and the American Medical Association. But plenty of people have

The proposal by Gov. Kathy Hochul is drawing opposition from those who contend it would create a racial disparity.

PEACE, Inc., a Buffalo-based group invited families to share their experiences and grieve together.

If you want a sense of just how much the Buffalo Bills mean to Vaughn Washington, here you go. Washington survived a Covid-19 infection that brought him to the edge. It began with general weakness, with the absence of taste and smell. It quickly became so difficult to draw a breath that Washington asked his brother James for a ride to the hospital. For 24 days that began in August and ended in mid-September, Washington was a patient at Buffalo General Medical Center, where he spent more than tw...