Men, specifically Black and Brown men, have an increased vulnerability to mental health challenges due to the pandemic. (Courtesy of unsplash) By Caleigh Findley Men’s Health Network The onset of the pandemic in 2020 led to a substantial increase in mental health challenges. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that symptoms of anxiety and […]
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India’s COVID spiral leaves hospitals choked, doctors mentally exhausted
A COVID-19 patient in the emergency ward of a hospital in New Delhi, India. (Rebecca Conway/Getty Images) By Rishabh Jain Zenger News Dharmendra Kumar, a 37-year-old doctor, saw four patients slip away on April 26 as the medical oxygen supply ran out. He is the operational head of COVID care at Virat Hospital in Rewari, […]
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COMMENTARY: Part of the vaccine “Wait and See” crowd? This is for you.
The U.S. government and the whole healthcare industry have a sketchy history of experimenting on people without their informed consent. Particularly black people. THE ORLANDO ADVOCATE – In 1932, the Public Health Service, working with the Tuskegee Institute, began the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study— probably the most egregious example of the “physician do no harm” […]
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The Black beauty industry–A backbone of our community
For many Black women the hair salon is an attainable means of community, support, and all-around self-care. The salon is a renowned place where we can discuss the chronicles of our day-to-day lives to local news highlights from the comfort of a salon chair. By Astrid Williams & Kaela Thomas For many Black women the […]
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D.C. Mayor knocks on doors looking for arms to vaccinate
Mayor Muriel Bowser greets a four-month old and mingles in Ward 4 for the “Day of Action,” which was created to influence residents to get the COVID-19 vaccination. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com This reporter is working from Chicago, but got a text this weekend that D.C. Mayor Muriel […]
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Crittenton girls host talk for teens on COVID-19 recovery
Young women off Crittenton Services of Greater Washington (CSGW), which hosted their annual High Tea and conducted a student panel under the theme, “My Voice Matters.” (Courtesy Photo) By Briana Thomas Special to the AFRO More than 100 teen girls from Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County school districts gathered on April 22 at 6 p.m. […]
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The importance of getting vaccinated
By Congressman Kweisi Mfume For over a year now our country has been struggling with a once-in-a-century pandemic. It has been a heavy burden for us to carry. We have watched as loved ones were taken from us. We have lived in fear that we, or someone else we cared for, would be the next […]
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Light at the End of the Tunnel
By Mylika Scatliffe, Special to the AFRO The Covid 19 global pandemic was declared in March 2020. Since then, America has seen over 500,000 of its citizens die from Covid. Vaccines rolled out in record time for emergency use; those 16 & over and are currently being tested for children as young as 6 months. […]
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Public health agencies recognize America’s other epidemic: Racism
(Photo courtesy Marcus Spiske) By Alexis Taylor, Special to the AFRO More than a year into the deadly coronavirus pandemic, health experts have identified another public health crisis facing the American public: racism. The nation’s leading public health agencies have declared that centuries of racism in America have weakened the mental and physical health of […]
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COVID-19 deaths, illnesses and a ‘she-session’
The following stories were written by Morgan State University multimedia journalism students The coronavirus brought on a year of death and illness, plus another trauma, an economic “she-session.” American women have been disproportionately hobbled in the workplace. Women held 55% of the jobs lost in the wake of COVID-19, reported The Hill last May, just […]
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CDC vows partnership with Black press on vaccination awareness
Dr. Walensky reiterated that she and the CDC enjoy the full support of the Biden-Harris Administration in its racism and health initiatives. (Photo courtesy NNPA) NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I was on a Zoom in my office with Dr. Fauci when the verdicts came in,” Dr. Rochelle Walenksy, the director of the Centers for Disease Control […]
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DC CAN app notifies users of COVID-19 exposure
DC CAN will create By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague the country and world, with “DC CAN,” the nation’s capital is joining public health authorities around the globe in using technology to expeditiously track and notify users who have potentially been exposed to the infection and reduce […]