Two of Henrietta Lacks’ family members spoke at an Interfaith Bioethics conference to honor her legacy and emphasize understanding and compassion in the medical field.

Henrietta Lacks' cells were essential in developing the polio vaccine and were used in scientific landmarks such as cloning, gene mapping and in vitro fertilization. Courtesy of the Lacks family ...

Turner Station resident Henrietta Lacks died at the age of 31 while undergoing treatment for cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins ...

GENEVA (AP) — The chief of the World Health Organization has honored the late Henrietta Lacks, an American woman whose cancer cells ended up providing the foundation for vast scientific breakthroughs.

BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. ABC7 was joined by special guests head of an event Saturday at Imani Village promoting cancer prevention and more representation for Black ...