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Please join COAL in thanking our veterans for their service and sacrifices. We also recognize the sacrifices made by their families. We are forever grateful.






Research estimates that African Americans are about twice as likely as Caucasians to develop Alzheimer’s disease, although, once diagnosed, they may experience slower cognitive decline.
In the U.S., Black people are twice as likely as their white counterparts to die of diabetes. They are three times as likely to end up hospitalized for diabetes-related complications. They are more than twice as likely to undergo diabetes-related leg or foot amputation. And they are more than three times as likely to have end-stage kidney disease.
A time to recognize and honor family caregivers across the country. It offers an opportunity to raise awareness of caregiving issues, educate communities, and increase support for caregivers.

More than 35 million people in the United States have long-term lung conditions, and that number is on the rise. Women are 1.5 times more likely to get lung cancer than men.
African-American men have the highest rates of lung cancer in the U.S.