Paris Dennard, Senior Communications Advisor for Black Media Affairs at the Republican National Committee (Photo: Provided by Paris Dennard) By Paris Dennard President’s new rule is deliberate and targeted discrimination Years ago, my grandfather, a staunch conservative Democrat, told me that he hated to hear U.S. Presidents say “my fellow Americans” because he felt they […]
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Why the business-as-usual regulatory pace to advance COVID-19 vaccines to full approval?
(Photo/nih.gov) By Jean Bonhomme and Salvatore J. Giorgianni Jr. The Men’s Health Network and the National Black Men’s Health Network urge the FDA, and the Biden Administration, to provide current COVID-19 vaccines full regulatory approval within the next 90 days. The Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) process that was essential in getting COVID-19 vaccines out to […]
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The great divide over COVID vaccine
Frances “Toni” Murphy Draper, AFRO CEO and Publisher By Frances “Toni” Draper AFRO Publisher and CEO Unless you’ve been in a deep Rip Van Winkle sleep over the past few months, I do not need to tell you that there is a great divide, especially in the Black community, over the efficacy and effectiveness of […]
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AFRO team weighs in: Did you take the shot?
Eighteen months later and we are still in the thick of a global pandemic that has claimed the lives of over 664,000 Americans. However, the most controversy centers around the COVID vaccine, even in the midst of rising cases as the virus continues to mutate. We asked members of the AFRO team and our readers […]
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Black People are Dying at 1.4 Times the Rate of Whites in this Pandemic
Photo by Hush Naidoo Jade Photography on By Congressman Kweisi Mfume Health care disparities are wide and show gaps among economic classes and races and these gulfs deepened with the COVID-19 pandemic. Among communities of color the healthcare response and outcomes have been especially catastrophic. The human death toll and suffering are great no matter […]
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Problems with COVID-19 and the Delta Variant
(Shutterstock) By Tonya Dowhite The Delta Variant is a new strain of the coronavirus that originated in China in 2019. It is more contagious and deadly than previous strains of the coronavirus. It spread to India, killing over 400,000 people in India after December 2020. It also has spread throughout the United States in August […]
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Maryland Zoo will vaccinate certain animals against COVID-19
(Photo by Jeffrey Eisen on Unsplash) BALTIMORE (AP) — The Maryland Zoo will vaccinate certain animals that have been proven to be susceptible to COVID-19, officials said Tuesday. “We have not had any cases of COVID-19 in the animals here, but the vaccine will add another layer of protection for the animals in our care,” […]
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Henry Luce Foundation provides support for Morgan State University effort to address after effects of pandemic on communities nationwide
(Dr. Harold Morales speaks to people from the local community during a church gathering (Photos Courtesy of Office of Morgan State University) By Morgan State University MSU Center for the Study of Religion and the City’s ‘Good Life Project’ to Advance Public Knowledge of the Real Impact of the Pandemic and Expand Community Engagement BALTIMORE — […]
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DCPS COVID-19 update
More than 1,000 DCPS students and staff are quarantining due to COVID-19 cases. (Courtesy Photo) By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO More than 1,000 District of Columbia Public School (DCPS) students and staff have been ordered to quarantine after positive COVID-19 cases showed up in 37 DCPS schools since the Aug. 30 start of […]
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Hogan announces boosters for people 65+ in nursing homes
Governor’s Reception Room in the Annapolis State House, Maryland, on Sept. 8, 2021. Gov. Larry Hogan announces that Maryland seniors are now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine booster shots at a press conference Sept. 8. (Photo/Rachel Logan/Capital News Service) By ALLISON MOLLENKAMP Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. —Marylanders 65 and over living in congregate care […]
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Frontline pandemic workers exhausted, saddened, frustrated and in fear as so many Americans remain unvaccinated
Like other healthcare facilities in the region, the Emergency Department at Howard University Hospital has seen dozens of Covid-19 patients and deaths By India Bookhart, Howard University News Service WASHINGTON — It was impossible to see the emotions on Mulu Hailgiorgs face through her blue and white surgical mask, but the intensity came through in […]
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New coronavirus variant a ‘concern’ for health officials
Just under 52 percent of the U.S. population has full vaccination, while 61 percent received at least one dose. By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Delta be damned. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant called “Mu,” a strain that first surfaced in Colombia earlier […]