By TAMARA LUSH and EMILY SCHMALL, Associated Press Arizona’s Republican governor shut down bars, movie theaters, gyms and water parks Monday and leaders in several states ordered residents to wear masks in public in a dramatic course reversal amid an alarming resurgence of coronavirus cases nationwide. Among those implementing the face-covering orders is the city of Jacksonville, […]
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Billions of Dollars in Aid For Small Businesses Go Unclaimed
By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billions of dollars offered by Congress as a lifeline to small businesses struggling to survive the pandemic are about to be left on the table when a key government program stops accepting applications for loans. Business owners and advocacy groups complain that the money […]
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COMMENTARY: Real Table Talk
Set a Routine and stick to it. It is very important to get out daily and smell the air, listen to the sounds, stretch your arms up to the sky. Is it sunny today? Are the clouds out? Is it raining? Life will continue. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By Chaplain Debbie Walker, BSN, RN, OCN, […]
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Gilead’s $2,340 Price For Coronavirus Drug Draws Criticism
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the United States and other developed countries. Gilead Sciences announced the price Monday for remdesivir, […]
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Virus Pushes Millions Into Hunger; UN Seeks More Food Funds
By ANDREW MELDRUM, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Millions of people have been pushed into hunger by the coronavirus pandemic, the U.N. World Food Program said Monday as it appealed for nearly $5 billion to help feed the growing numbers in poor and middle-income countries. “The frontline in the battle against the coronavirus is shifting […]
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Governments Backtracking As Confirmed Virus Cases Surge
By EMILY SCHMALL and ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Governments are stepping up testing and reimposing restrictions as newly confirmed coronavirus infections surge in many countries. India reported 20,000 on Monday, while the caseload in the U.S. is growing by about 40,000 a day. The United States on Monday reported 38,800 newly […]
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Worst Virus Fears Are Realized in Poor or War-Torn Countries
By GERALD IMRAY and JOSEPH KRAUSS, Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — For months, experts have warned of a potential nightmare scenario: After overwhelming health systems in some of the world’s wealthiest regions, the coronavirus gains a foothold in poor or war-torn countries ill-equipped to contain it and sweeps through the population. Now […]
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Humanitarian Disaster Institute Joins Healthcare Ready and World Impact to Create Free Resource for Church Leaders Advocating COVID-19
(Black PR Wire) — As our country faces both a global pandemic and racial unrest, the importance of the Black Church as a catalyst for social change has never been greater. A new guide from the Humanitarian Disaster Institute (HDI) at Wheaton College, created in partnership with Healthcare Ready and World Impact, provides a practical […]
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World Leaders, Stars Unite at Event Aimed at Fighting Virus
By The Associated Press A summit that included a star-studded virtual concert hosted by Dwayne Johnson has raised nearly $7 billion in cash and loan guarantees to assist the poor around the globe whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic. Global Citizen said its summit with world leaders had raised $1.5 billion to […]
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Nearly 500 Small Businesses File Bankruptcy Using Increased Eligibility Limit Since February
By BlackPressUSA New statistical table and analysis available on the American Banking Institute’s (ABI) SBRA Resources website show that 471 small businesses have elected to file for bankruptcy relief under new subchapter V to chapter 11 of the Code since it was enacted. The Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA) took effect on February 19, 2020, […]
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OP-ED: Rep. Maxine Waters, ‘Donald Trump is More Focused on Saving Statues of Slaveholders & Confederate Generals than Protecting Americans from the Coronavirus’
By BlackPressUSA Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ (CA-43) statement on Donald Trump’s negligence in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and his threats to protestors calling for the removal of statues of Confederate generals and slaveholders: “One would hope that the president of the United States would rise to the level of leadership that our country needs […]
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Confirmed New Covid-19 Cases Hit a New High in US
By Michelle R. Smith and Frances D’Emilio The Associated Press The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases per day in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40,000 June 26 — eclipsing the mark set during one of the deadliest stretches in late April — in a resurgence that has led some governors to backtrack […]