(Photo courtesy Black Health Matters) By Black Health Matters Mental health refers to the general state of how you regulate your behavior, feelings and thoughts. There’s no standard for measuring what’s normal for you versus what could be a reason for concern in someone else, but poor mental health could negatively affect: How well you […]
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The first-ever industry-wide principles on clinical trial diversity
By Courtney Christian, Senior Director, Policy and Research at PhRMA Late last year, PhRMA published the first ever industry-wide principles on clinical trial diversity, set to take effect in April 2021. At the core of these new principles is the need for our industry to better serve historically underserved populations and address the systemic issues […]
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Can vitamin D prevent COVID-19?
(Photo courtesy Black Health Matters) By Black Health Matters You need vitamin D. And one of the best ways to get it is by being outside in the sun’s UV rays, which activate vitamin D production. But you’re most likely spending a lot of time indoors, both because it’s winter with its shorter days, and […]
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Love in the age of COVID-19 stokes high anxiety
Academic Administrator Annette Wedderburn and her husband of 23 years believe that the pandemic has brought them closer together. (Courtesy photos) By Trae Mitchell Special to the AFRO Annette Wedderburn, an administrator for a local university, and her husband of 23 years believe COVID-19 has brought them closer together. Not only do they have the […]
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Chicago begins return to classrooms after bitter union fight
Lear Preston, 4, who attends Scott Joplin Elementary School, participates in her virtual classes as her mother, Brittany Preston, background, assists at their residence in Chicago’s South Side, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Starting Thursday, Lear will return to class as the nation’s third-largest school district slowly reopens its doors following a bitter fight with the […]
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App helps businesses detect presence of in-house COVID-19
VizibleZone is an Israeli startup whose smartphone app alerts pedestrians to potential dangers, and gives automatic notification of Covid-19 exposure in the workplace. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) By Abigail Klein Leichman Zenger News As pandemic restrictions ease and more workers return to their workplaces, employers are seeking a way to detect when someone infected with Covid-19 […]
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AstraZeneca expects updated COVID-19 vaccine by autumn
Syringes and a package with the vaccine from AstraZeneca are ready and waiting at the fourth vaccination center in Berlin at Tegel Airport, Germany, Wednesday, Feb.10, 2021. At the beginning, mainly nursing staff and medical personnel will be vaccinated against the coronavirus here. (Kay Nietfeld/Pool via AP) By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — […]
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‘Overwhelm the problem’: Inside Biden’s war on COVID-19
President Joe Biden listens as Kizzmekia Corbett, an immunologist with the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), right, speaks during a visit at the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the NIH, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Bethesda, Md. NIH Director Francis Collins is at center. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By ZEKE MILLER, Associated […]
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South Africa suspends AstraZeneca vaccine drive
In this Nov. 30, 2020 file photo, Thabisle khlatshwayo, who received her first shot for a COVID-19 vaccine trial, receives her second AstraZeneca shot at a vaccine trial facility set at Soweto’s Chris Sani Baragwanath Hospital outside Johannesburg, South Africa. South Africa suspended on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021 plans to inoculate its front-line health care […]
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‘I chose not to go to sleep’
Lecount Holmes during and after COVID (Courtesy photos) By Mylika Scatliffe Special to the AFRO When Lecount Holmes rode his bike past Laurel Hospital last spring, he supposed it was a good thing that Gov. Hogan had designated the hospital as a COVID treatment facility. What he didn’t think about was being a patient there […]
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#WordinBlack: Baltimore teachers decry expansion of in-person learning with caravan protest
Teachers of Baltimore City Public Schools protest the expansion of in-person learning before the opportunity to be fully vaccinated, an upgrade to ventilation systems, and a “robust and proactive testing program.” There are also concerns about the data being used to make decisions about school openings and closures. By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO […]
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Why opening restaurants is exactly what the coronavirus wants us to do
(Photo/Rido_Shutterstock) Governors continue to open indoor dining and other activities before vaccinations become widespread. Experts warn this could create superspreading playgrounds for dangerous variants and squander our best shot at getting the pandemic under control. By Caroline Chen, ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as […]