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Henrietta Lacks

Three Maryland lawmakers want to posthumously recognize Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cancer cells have been used for decades in research and paved…

U.S. District Court Judge Deborah L. Boardman was unable to render a decision on whether the case should continue.

A bill aimed at closing health disparities and honoring the medical contributions of Henrietta Lacks has been signed into law. President Trump on Tuesday…

A bill commemorating Henrietta Lacks, the Baltimorean whose cells changed the course of modern medicine, passed in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday night….

City officials say they will take no further action at an East Baltimore park that was officially renamed for Henrietta Lacks last month, erasing…

Little Cara Erskine stood in the cold gray damp of a November day nearly 68 years ago, up on a temporary stage of slight…