COMCAST EXTENDS 60-DAYS OF FREE INTERNET SERVICE TO NEW INTERNET ESSENTIALS CUSTOMERS Company’s COVID-19 Commitment to Help Households in Need Access the Internet Now Available Through the End of 2020 PHILADELPHIA – June 18, 2020 – As the current school year comes to an end, school districts across the country are already announcing plans for when […]
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FOLLOWING UP: Maryland Historical Society Continues Virtual Program Offerings this Summer
Maryland Historical Society Continues Virtual Program Offerings this Summer BALTIMORE, MD (June 11, 2020) – The Maryland Historical Society (MdHS) continues its virtual program offerings, aiming to feature one free program per week for history and culture enthusiasts alike. On Wednesday, June 17, MdHS’s President & CEO Mark Letzer will host a happy hour conversation that will encourage […]
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Oldest African-American Owned and Operated Nursing Home in Maryland Reports Zero Covid-19 Deaths and Not a Single Case of the Virus
Oldest African-American Owned and Operated Nursing Home in Maryland Reports Zero Covid-19 Deaths and Not a Single Case of the Virus BALTIMORE, MD – June 15, 2020 – In Maryland 6,317 nursing home residents have contracted the coronavirus and 1,330 people have died from Covid-19, according to statics from the Maryland Department of Health. But […]
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Harrowing Blame Game Over COVID-19 Toll In Nursing Homes
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A grim blame game with partisan overtones is breaking out over COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents, a tiny slice of the population that represents a shockingly high proportion of Americans who have perished in the pandemic. The Trump administration has been pointing to a segment of the […]
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To Help Distance Learning Absentees, Educators Go Sleuthing
By MICHAEL MELIA, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — After a knock on his door, third-grade student Jamie-Lee emerged to see his school principal smiling at him from his doorstep. She held out her arms, offering a socially distant “air hug,” and told the boy how much she’d missed him since the pandemic closed their […]
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As COVID-19 Phase 3 Vaccine Studies Begin, We Must Improve Minority Participation in Clinical Trials
By Dr. Asefa Jejaw Mekonnen The minority community’s relationship with the medical and scientific world has not been built upon trust. This is particularly true with African Americans. Brutal and unethical historical practices in medicine subjected African American bodies to dissection and autopsy material without their consent. In addition, sterilizing Native American women without their […]
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Media Release: Greater Baltimore Committee Launches COVID-19 Business Recovery Advisory Council
Greater Baltimore Committee launches COVID-19 Business Recovery Advisory Council to help Baltimore region get ‘back to business’ The Greater Baltimore Committee has launched the COVID-19 Business Recovery Advisory Council to help ensure the economy of the Baltimore region and the state successfully recover from the pandemic. Mary Ann Scully, Chair and CEO of Howard Bank […]
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OP-ED: Can’t Stay Home, Can’t Keep Curfew: People Experiencing Homelessness Caught in Pandemic, Curfews, Violence
By BlackPressUSA National Advocates Renew Call for Housing, Safety By The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty People experiencing homelessness in the United States—already at heightened risk and with fewer resources due to the pandemic—now face even greater challenges as a result of the both the violence sweeping many city streets and the curfews many […]
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COMMENTARY: Faith and Common-Sense, Ways to Fight Coronavirus
By BlackPressUSA “I was Just Thinking” Norma Adams-Wade By Norma Adams-Wade, Founding Member of the National Association of Black Journalists and Texas Metro News Columnist Fannie Mae Miles Bradford, at 89, has experienced more in her lifetime than many of the government officials who are advising us about our lives today. So, Mrs. Bradford is approaching […]
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Poll: Black Americans Most Likely To Know A COVID-19 Victim
By KAT STAFFORD and HANNAH FINGERHUT, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since March, according to a series of surveys conducted since April that lays bare how black Americans have borne the brunt of the pandemic. […]
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Op-ed Submission: The Impact of COVID-19 in Our Community: Let’s Not Put Our Health at Risk
By J.C. Watts Washington, D.C., city attorney George Valentine was black, brilliant, and fit. But after contracting COVID-19, he became so weak, he had trouble moving and even speaking. When it got to the point where he could barely breathe, George called an ambulance and waited on the steps of his house for it to […]
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Screen Time For Your Child
By Black Health Matters How much time does your child spend watching TV, movies, playing with a smartphone or computer, or enjoying video games? Although some screen time can be educational, it’s easy to go overboard. Consider this guide to children and TV, including what you can do to keep your child’s screen time in […]