In this photo taken on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020, Virologist Sunday Omilabu speaks, during an interview with The Associated Press, in Lagos, Nigeria. A Nigerian scientist has spent the holiday season in his laboratory doing genetic sequencing to learn more about the country’s COVID-19 variant, as cases increase in the country. Virologist Sunday Omilabu says […]
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UK prime minister orders new virus lockdown for England
82-year-old Brian Pinker receives the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Sam Foster at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, England, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Pinker, a retired maintenance manager received the first injection of the new vaccine developed by between Oxford University and drug giant AstraZeneca. (Steve Parsons/Pool Photo via AP) By DANICA KIRKA and […]
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Doctor Susan Moore, an African American physician, chronicles the racist medical care that led to her death
Dr. Susan Moore (Image courtesy NNPA) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The disparities in health care treatment for African Americans extend not only to the millions of underserved patients in U.S. hospitals and medical facilities but also, sadly, to frontline healthcare professionals. Just weeks after Dr. Susan Moore, an African […]
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Students tackle virtual learning and loneliness during the pandemic
As coronavirus continues to ravage the country, students nationwide have taken on the challenges of learning and living during a pandemic. By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO The school closures were only supposed to have lasted two weeks. In Maryland, Spring break was already on the horizon. A 10-day recess seemed right on time […]
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Baltimore Station, Crowne Plaza partner to provide housing in pandemic
By Reginald Allen II Special to the AFRO Founded in 1987 to support local homeless veterans, Baltimore Station had the challenge of supporting their residents in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. John Friedel, executive director of Baltimore Station, said the issue was their dormitory-style accommodations would pose a vulnerability during the pandemic. Friedel said that […]
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Black doctor dies of COVID-19, sets off alarms
Dr. Susan Moore said that despite telling her doctor she was in pain she received medication after tests proved what she had been saying since she arrived at the hospital. (Courtesy Image) By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Correspondent (NNPA Newswire) – “He made me feel like a drug addict,” Dr. Susan Moore, 52, said […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Chef Huda spices up our kitchen, talks healthy eating, shares tips
Culinary influencer and entrepreneur Chef Huda spoke to the AFRO about her Just Savor Spices collection, healthy eating and shared tips for the everyday cook and aspiring chef. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Local entrepreneur, caterer and Food Network record-setting champion Chef Huda has spent years mastering and sharing her culinary […]
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My personal experience with COVID
James Brown is a healthy young man of 44, who woke up one morning to COVID. (Courtesy photo) By James Brown Special to the AFRO I woke up on Dec. 4 with a scratchy sore throat, which is not unusual for the winter months. But this was very different, as you can imagine. I hopped […]
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Facebook encourages buying Black this holiday season
The Gill brothers of Frères Branchiaux are some of the local entrepreneurs featured in Facebook’s #BuyBlackFriday Gift Guide, which encourages supporting Black businesses during the holiday season. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Even though the last-minute holiday rush still exists, with COVID-19 restrictions requiring some stores to operate differently or close […]
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Push is on to increase African American confidence in COVID vaccine
(Image courtesy BlackPressUSA) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Former President Barack Obama has vowed to take the new COVID-19 vaccination on live television. Dr. Ebony Hilton, a physician in the critical care and anesthesiology department at the University of Virginia Health, is also publicly taking the vaccine and documenting how […]
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COVID-19 affect on Black churches
Bishop Richard J. Pender Sr., senior pastor of Beth-El Temple Church of Christ in West Baltimore. (Courtesy photo) By CherRae Dickinson Special to the AFRO Black churches were forced to halt services due to the social distancing regulations administered during the coronavirus pandemic. Beth-El Temple Church of Christ, a Black church in Baltimore City, is […]
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OP-ED: Advocate for a racial justice agenda at U.S. Department of Education
John B. King Jr. is the president and chief executive of the Education Trust and served as U.S. Secretary of Education under President Obama. Marc Morial is the President and CEO of the National Urban League. By John B. King Jr. and Marc Morial via NNPA The coronavirus has shined a light on how systematic […]