PRESS RELEASE Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young, emocha Partner to Implement Return-to-Work Solution for City Employees Mobile application will allow employees to self-screen for COVID-19 symptoms BALTIMORE, MD. — Today, Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young announced a new partnership with emocha to allow City employees to self-screen for symptoms of COVID-19 as they return to their worksites. […]
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Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young, Baltimore City Recreation and Parks Launch BMORE Summer Fun as a Camp Baltimore Alternative
PRESS RELEASE Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young, Baltimore City Recreation and Parks Launch BMORE Summer Fun as a Camp Baltimore Alternative Program will provide free, outdoor camp alternative for Baltimore youth ages five to 12 BALTIMORE, MD. — Today, Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young and Baltimore City Recreation and Parks’ (BCRP) Executive Director, Reginald Moore, announced BMORE Summer […]
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Baltimore City Recreation and Parks launches BMORE Summer Fun as a Camp Baltimore Alternative
Baltimore City Recreation and Parks launches BMORE Summer Fun as a Camp Baltimore Alternative BCRP 2020 summer camp season looks a little different (Baltimore, MD) – Today, Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young and Baltimore City Recreation and Parks’ (BCRP) Executive Director, Reginald Moore, announced BMORE Summer Fun, a free, outdoor summer camp alternative for Baltimore youth ages five to […]
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: From Exec. Director of Maryland Health Benefit Exchange
To the Editor: We have learned many lessons since the COVID-19 outbreak. One important lesson is just how critical it is for every Marylander to have access to health care. As more Marylanders lose their jobs and the health of our communities is at risk, the state’s health insurance marketplace, Maryland Health Connection, has options […]
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NEWS RELEASE: Harford County COVID-19 June 5 Update: Entering Stage-Two Reopening
Harford County COVID-19 June 5 Update: Entering Stage-Two Reopening BEL AIR, Md., (June 5, 2020) – County Executive Barry Glassman issued the following update on COVID-19 in Harford County: “Harford County cases remain relatively low, with the Maryland Department of Health reporting a total of 939 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 48 deaths and 3 probable deaths among Harford County residents. […]
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Durant Foundation Feeds 500 Families in Prince George’s
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Though absent while continuing to rehab from an achilles tendon injury that hasn’t allowed him to play this season, NBA all-star and two time world champion Kevin Durant scored big once again in his hometown. A couple weeks after the release of the critically acclaimed documentary, “Basketball County: […]
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Meet the Essential Worker
Interviewed By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Le’Asha Julius is an actor and rapper, native to the Washington Metropolitan Area, who is serving on the frontlines as a delivery service worker. AFRO: Tell us about your life as an artist before the pandemic? Le’Asha Julius is an actor and rapper serving as a delivery service […]
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New ‘Baltimore Health Corps’ to Hire and Train Hundreds of Jobless Residents to Serve Neighborhoods Hardest-Hit by COVID-19
PRESS RELEASE New ‘Baltimore Health Corps’ to Hire and Train Hundreds of Jobless Residents to Serve Neighborhoods Hardest-Hit by COVID-19 Innovative Pilot Program to Equitably Address City’s Public Health and Employment Challenges $12 Million Public-Private Partnership Mobilized by Initial $2M Commitment by The Rockefeller Foundation BALTIMORE, MD. — Today, Mayor Bernard “Jack” Young, the Baltimore City […]
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Smallest Small Businesses Left Behind
By Donna Fuscaldo For cafe owner Gloria Rivera, not knowing is the worst part. It’s been weeks since she applied for a $10,000 loan through the federal government’s COVID-19 relief program, and yet her bank account remains empty. The bills are piling up; her landlord is breathing down her neck. After more than two decades […]
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6 Feet Of Distance May Not Be Enough
By Joseph Guzman, The Hill In a new article, experts in chemistry and infectious diseases say new research suggests aerosol particles can accumulate and remain infectious in indoor air for hours and can easily be inhaled. Story at a glance Public health experts for months have advised people to stay at least 6 feet apart […]
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Black-Owned Laboratory Uses Artificial Intelligence-Based Drug Discovery Platform to Develop Treatment for COVID-19
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The novel coronavirus has ravaged most of the globe, but in the U.S., African Americans and other communities of color have disproportionately born the lethal impact of the pandemic. Darnisha Harrison, a Louisiana State University grad and founder and CEO of Georgia-based Ennaid Therapeutics, says that scientists working […]
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Surviving COVID-19’s Cultural Clash
By Jannette J. Witmyer Special to the AFRO #AFROcoversCOVID As chronicled in the 1997 film “Soul Food,” having relatives from near and far converge in Big Mama’s house to prepare, and share the culinary extravaganza that is the Sunday family dinner is tightly interwoven within the fabric of African-American culture. Those celebrations like family reunions, […]