With the wind chill expected to drop to single digits, Health Commissioner Letitia Dzirasa today issued a Code Blue Extreme Cold declaration for Baltimore City beginning Monday morning, January 10 through Wednesday morning, January 12. “With dangerously cold temperatures expected in Baltimore, I am issuing the Code Blue Extreme Cold declaration beginning Monday morning […]
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Smoking cessation and health and social inequities in communities of Color
By Mylika Scatliffe AFRO Women’s Health writer The COVID-19 global pandemic brought to the forefront a plethora of disparities and inequities in minority communities. Smoking cessation aids and efforts are one such area of inequity. The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) at the University of California -San Francisco is working to reduce these disparities. Pre-pandemic, […]
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Meghan suit nets 1 pound on privacy, secret copyright sum
By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Sussex will receive a nominal 1-pound ($1.35) payment for invasion of privacy plus undisclosed damages for copyright infringement, under an agreement that ends her long-running dispute with Britain’s Mail on Sunday over the tabloid’s publication of a letter she wrote to her father. The […]
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Oldest US veteran of WWII, Lawrence N. Brooks, dies at 112
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawrence N. Brooks, the oldest World War II veteran in the U.S. — and believed to be the oldest man in the country — died on Wednesday at the age of 112. His death was announced by the National WWII Museum and confirmed […]
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Governor pardons Plessy, of ‘separate but equal’ ruling
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s governor on Wednesday posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the Black man whose arrest for refusing to leave a whites-only railroad car in 1892 to protest racial segregation sparked the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that cemented “separate but equal” into law for half a century. The state […]
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FDA Authorizes Pfizer Boosters for Ages 12 to 15
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to expand the use of a single booster dose to include use in individuals from 12 to 15. The agency announced in a news release that they also […]
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Health Commissioner declares first Code Blue Extreme Cold alert of the season
BALTIMORE, MD (January 3, 2022)— With winter weather throughout the area today and temperatures predicted to fall into the teens with wind chill, Health Commissioner Letitia Dzirasa today issued a Code Blue Extreme Cold declaration for Baltimore City beginning Monday afternoon, January 3 through Tuesday morning, January 4. This is the first Code Blue Extreme […]
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Last parent of a child killed in 1963 church bombing dies
By The Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Maxine McNair, the last living parent of any of the four Black girls killed in a 1963 Alabama church bombing, died Sunday. She was 93. McNair’s family announced her death in a press release. A cause of death was not given. McNair’s daughter, 11-year-old Denise McNair, was […]
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Study reveals racial pay gap for social media influencers
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The racial pay gap has long presented issues for African Americans in corporate America and other industries. It’s now filtered to social media. MSL U.S., in partnership with The Influencer League, unveiled a first-of-its-kind research study, “Time to Face the Influencer Pay Gap,” uncovering a vast […]
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U.N. says 22 million Ethiopians will need food aid in 2022
By The Associated Press An estimated 22 million Ethiopians will require humanitarian assistance in 2022, according to a United Nations report. Ethiopia’s already high humanitarian needs are expected to rise in the coming year due to the ongoing conflict, drought, flooding, disease outbreaks and locust infestation, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs […]
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South Carolina sued over newly drawn state House districts
By Jeffrey Collins The Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two civil rights groups are suing South Carolina, saying the newly drawn state House maps discriminate against Black people by diluting their voting power, and again saying lawmakers are taking too long to approve U.S. House maps. The groups amended an October lawsuit that said […]
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41 killed in Burkina Faso ambush including volunteer leader
By Arsene Kabore and Sam Mednick The Associated Press Islamic extremists killed 41 people last week in an attack in northern Burkina Faso, including the prominent leader of a volunteer group helping the country’s military, the government said. Alkassoum Maiga, the government spokesman, announced two days of mourning following the deadly ambush on a convoy […]