In this 1950’s photo released by the National Archives, men included in a syphilis study pose for a photo in Tuskegee, Ala. For 40 years starting in 1932, medical workers in the segregated South withheld treatment for unsuspecting men infected with a sexually transmitted disease simply so doctors could track the ravages of the horrid […]
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Webb fights COVID and racial inequities from the hospital to the White House
Dr. Cameron Webb is a senior policy advisor for equity for the White House COVID response team. (AP Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Dr. Cameron Webb is both a physician and lawyer who has used his interests and experiences in medicine and law to truly serve within the intersectionality of health and […]
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Healthcare workers become family during COVID crisis
Black nurses have always been at the frontlines. (AFRO Archive Photo) By Imani Wj Wright Special to the AFRO Though jobs, customs and lives were lost with COVID-19- there’s another layer of turmoil that has risen from all of this. The lack of physical interaction has been beyond difficult. Many of us have had to […]
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Mythbusters: setting the record straight about COVID-19
1981: Even if you have already recovered from COVID-19, the CDC recommends that you also take the vaccine. (AFRO archive) By Jessica Dortch AFRO News Editor jdortch@afro.com When the first cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in America, it didn’t take long for it to ravage through the country bringing devastation and death with […]
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The pandemic has reshaped the fitness industry
Marcia Ra-Akbar has been in the fitness industry for over 20 years with a goal of bridging the gap in minority health and wellness. (Courtesy Photo) By Marcia Ra-Akbar AFRO Guest editor The fitness industry has come a long way since the early boom of the 80s. In the more than 20 years that I […]
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New Zealand’s triumph, America’s tragedy
New Zealand was a model example of how to handle the COVID-19 pandemic, in comparison to the United State’s major tragedy, with more than half-a-million lives lost to the novel coronavirus. (AP Photo/Juan Karita) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com On January 21, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed a resident in […]
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Mayor Scott eases COVID-19 restrictions following four-week evaluation
Mayor Brandon M. Scott (Courtesy Photo/https://mayor.baltimorecity.gov/) Restrictions to Now be Reevaluated on a Two Week Basis BALTIMORE, MD (Wednesday, March 17, 2021) — This afternoon, Mayor Brandon M. Scott and Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Letitia Dzirasa announced that Baltimore City will further ease its COVID-19 mandates following consultation with public health partners and sustained […]
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UM Capital Region Health and First Baptist Church of Glenarden open COVID-19 vaccination clinic
University Of Maryland Capital Region Health and First Baptist Church of Glenarden Open COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic UM Capital Region Health (UM Capital) and First Baptist Church of Glenarden (FBCG) announced the opening of its COVID-19 Vaccination clinic. The clinic will operate in FBCG’s 63,000-square-foot Family Life Center facility. In attendance at the opening were Governor […]
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Schools weighing whether to seat students closer together
In this Jan. 29, 2021 file photo, Victoria Vo raises her hand, background center, in the back of Hannah Thrower’s kindergarten class at Alice Smith Elementary School in Reno, Nev. U.S. guidelines that say students should be kept 6 feet apart in schools are receiving new scrutiny from federal health experts, state governments and education […]
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NNPA Black Press Week, March 18-19, focuses on Black Businesses
NNPA Virtual Boack Business Challenges Black Business: Challenges, Responsibilities and Opportunities Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic Considering the challenges facing Black Businesses and the Black Press as a result of COVID-19, the National Newspaper Publishers Association Fund Black Press Week will zero in on the theme “BLACK BUSINESS Challenges, Responsibilities, and Opportunities Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic.” The two-day […]
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11 things to know about the COVID-19 vaccines
(Image courtesy Black Health Matters) By Black Health Matters The recent rollout of two newly authorized COVID-19 vaccines is a bright light at the end of what has been a very dark year while the world lives with the coronavirus pandemic. Front line health care workers and nursing home residents started receiving the vaccine a […]
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MD Grandfamilies face Tough decisions as schools reopen
More than 110-thousand Maryland children younger than 18 live with grandparents, according to the group grandfamilies-dot-org. Gboyinde Onijala, Montgomery schools spokeswoman, says about 50 percent of families polled in the county decided to keep their children home this spring, many because of elders at home. By Diane Bernard ANNAPOLIS, Md. — As Maryland’s largest school […]