By BlackHealthMatters Social distancing recommendations have forced us to change the way health care is being delivered. Virtual health care visits allow providers to see patients when coming into the clinic isn’t an option. They help us minimize disease spread, eliminate unnecessary hospital visits and free up resources so people in critical need can be […]
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African-American Dating App, Tagged, to Rollout Live Video
By PRNewswire The Meet Group, a leading provider of interactive livestreaming solutions, has created two new features designed to help users connect while maintaining proper dating distance on its popular mobile application, Tagged — the country’s largest dating app primarily focused on African Americans. The two features, blind date and one on one video chat, […]
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The Hotel at the University of Maryland to Reopen
By AFRO Staff Following extensive consideration and the development of enhanced cleaning protocols to align with federal guidelines and industry recommendations, The Hotel at the University of Maryland, a hotel and conference center adjacent to the University of Maryland (UMD), College Park, announced plans to reopen on June 1. The coronavirus has had a major […]
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Bartender Launches Virtual Classes
By AFRO Staff Just one week after being laid off from her job due to Covid-19, Northeast, D.C. resident Alfreda Brooks, decided to turn her passion for bartending into a tool to keep her followers on social media uplifted during quarantine. On March 24, Brooks, 33 began ‘Virtual Bartending Classes’ through Facebook. The bartender was […]
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CVS Health Expands Drive-Thru Testing Sites to Michigan
By AFRO Staff CVS Health announced the launch of a new rapid COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in Dearborn, Mich., in conjunction with federal and state officials. The site will provide state residents with rapid COVID-19 testing and on-the-spot results at no cost, using the new Abbott ID NOW COVID-19 test. CVS Health has opened similar […]
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Baltimore Joins National Day of Protest to Demand Justice for Victims of Racist Murder and Life-threatening Prison Conditions
The National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR) called for a National Day of Protest for Saturday, May 30. Baltimore will heed the call. Peoples Power Assembly, member organization of NAARPR, will hold a car caravan demonstration to demand an end to the racist murder and violence that the Trump administration has willfully unleashed. […]
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Friday, May 29th: CSU Virtual Commencement Celebration
Coppin State University Celebrates the Graduating Class of 2020! We invite you to participate in CSU’s Virtual Commencement Celebration. Due to COVID-19, the University has taken precautionary measures around commencement and has decided to host a Virtual Commencement Celebration this year. The Virtual Commencement Celebration will take place on Friday, May 29th at 10:00 AM. […]
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D.C. Enters Phase One of Reopening
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com It’s been over eight weeks since D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a stay-at-home order for District residents and more than ten weeks since most of the city has been shutdown and in quarantine, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the fact that the novel coronavirus is still very […]
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In Letter to Congress: Black Wealth 2020 Sends Plea for Unity in Pandemic Relief
By Hazel Trice Edney Black-Owned Businesses Got Little Relief Under PPP (TriceEdneyWire.com) – As the U. S. House of Representatives awaits the political fate of another multi-trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill, called the “Heroes Act”, Black Wealth 2020 (BW2020), a national catalyst for economic justice for African-Americans, is pressing Congressional leaders to unify for equity […]
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Free COVID-19 Walk-Up Testing
We’re Here For You! FREE WALK-UP COVID-19 TESTING FHCB in collaboration with the Baltimore City Health Department are pleased to offer free and easy walk-up COVID-19 testing. Cherry Hill Dates: Tuesdays (5/26, 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30) Time: 10 am- while supplies last Location: 631 Cherry Hill Road, Baltimore, MD 21225 Brooklyn Dates: Thursdays (5/28, […]
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Deadlocked Congress Shifts Virus Focus To Small Business Aid
By ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Deadlocked over the next big coronavirus relief bill, Congress is shifting its attention to a more modest overhaul of small business aid in hopes of helping employers reopen shops and survive the pandemic. Bipartisan legislation that would give small employers more time to take advantage […]
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Worker Shortage Concerns Loom In Immigrant-Heavy Meatpacking
By STEPHEN GROVES and SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — When Martha Kebede’s adult sons immigrated from Ethiopia and reunited with her in South Dakota this year, they had few work opportunities. Lacking English skills, the brothers took jobs at Smithfield Foods’ Sioux Falls pork plant, grueling and increasingly risky work as […]
