Residents share their reasons for getting the COVID-19 vaccine during Luminis Health’s first mobile vaccination clinic stop at Bowman Place in Annapolis, Md., on Friday. (Annapolis, MD) February 3, 2021- Luminis Health is helping to remove barriers to access by bringing the COVID-19 vaccine directly to some of our most vulnerable, at-risk community members. The […]
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Director of DC health warns against vaccine fraud
Director of DC Health, Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, warned against potential vaccine scams in the area. (Screenshot) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Mayor Muriel Bowser’s daily coronavirus updates have turned into general press conferences about the happenings in the nation’s capital, including the budget, crime, closures and inclement weather notices. However, on Monday’s snow-day […]
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Maryland Communities United sets agenda for 2021
Maryland Communities United hosted a Zoom call Jan. 21 to discuss victories, new fights and ongoing projects and struggles for Baltimoreans and Marylanders. (Image courtesy Maryland Communities United) By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO As Joseph Robinette Biden entered the Oval Office for the first time as President of the United States, on […]
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Op Ed Submission: Education Equity Blueprint for Maryland’s Future bill
Frank Patinella, Senior Education Advocate at the ACLU of Maryland (Courtesy Photo/aclu-md.org) Our children deserve to dream big, but they need resources to back them up By Frank Patinella, Senior Education Advocate at the ACLU of Maryland The Governor and Maryland legislators cannot continue to undervalue the education of Black and Latinx students in Baltimore. […]
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Giant donates $300,000 to the Maryland Food Bank
Carmen Del Guercio (MFB President & CEO), Joe Urban (Giant Food’s Vice President of Distribution Operations and MFB Board Member), and executives from Giant Food and the Maryland Food Bank (MFB) came together at the food bank to celebrate Giant’s presentation of a $300,000 check through the Giant Family Foundation in support of MFB’s flagship […]
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Virus may reduce total Super Bowl bets, but online to surge
This Sept. 9, 2018 photo shows football fans watching the action on wall-mounted video screens in the sports betting lounge at the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. A report released Feb. 2, 2021 by the American Gaming Association predicts fewer Americans will bet on this year’s Super Bowl, a decrease driven largely by […]
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AP Analysis: Racial disparity seen in US vaccination drive
In this undated photo provided by CareSouth Medical and Dental, Nyasha Fleming, Medical Staff Lead fills out paperwork for Judge Janice Clark’s vaccine in Baton Rouge, La. A racial gap has opened up in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind whites in receiving shots, an Associated Press analysis […]
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A massive message on masks by Daytona’s AKAs
(Photo courtesy NNPA) By The DAYTONA TIMES via NNPA The Gamma Mu Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKAs) is sponsoring a billboard on the corner of International Speedway and Fentress boulevards to encourage residents to wear masks to fight the spread of COVID-19. The billboard sponsored by the Daytona Beach organization will run […]
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An autistic actor’s take on vaccine hesitancy
(By Albina Gavrilovic_Shutterstock) By Mickey Rowe This year we have seen the globe locked in the death grip of COVID-19. This year I have seen a medical system buckling under the weight of skyrocketing cases of a terrifying new illness. Medical facilities are experiencing dire shortages of essential personal protective equipment like masks for their […]
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NeighborWorks America launches StopHomeScams.org to empower homeowners and renters
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We believe this effort to prevent housing scams is particularly important during a time when far too many families, including people of color impacted by the economic downturn caused by COVID-19, are facing financial challenges,” said Eileen Fitzgerald, head of housing affordability philanthropy with the Wells Fargo Foundation. NeighborWorks America Media via […]
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Out of sight, cleaners perform critical work in COVID ICUs
A cleaning worker mops the floor next to the bed of a COVID-19 patient in an ICU of the Sotiria Thoracic Diseases Hospital in Athens, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. The cleaners of coronavirus intensive care units run a daily gauntlet of infection risks to ensure that ICUs run smoothly, and they are critical to preventing […]
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Black and brown health care workers more likely to get COVID-19
A new study from Harvard Medical School shows that health care workers of color were five times more likely than the general population to test positive for COVID-19. (Courtesy of Black Health Matters) By Black Health Matters Health care workers of color were more likely to care for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, more […]