Pandemic brings years of healthcare disparities to the forefront By Lisa Fitch, OW Editor-in-Chief Dr. Maulana Karenga, chair of the Department of Africana Studies at CSU Long Beach, wants the Black community to make sure that physical distancing during the pandemic does not interfere with relationships or establishing networks. “We’ve got to shop for each […]
Category: Coronavirus
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COMMENTARY: COVID-19 — My Personal Battle from a Positive to a Negative Result
Jeffrey L. Boney Shares His Personal Journey of Surviving the Coronavirus and Dealing with the Emotional and Mental Anguish Required to Overcome COVID-19 By Jeffrey L. Boney, NNPA Newswire Contributor “Jeffrey, unfortunately, your test came back positive for the Coronavirus.” Hearing those words from the doctor, March 27th, shook me to the core. Was that […]
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Flower Tourism Wilts Under COVID-19
Once it was becoming clear that the COVID-19 outbreak was spreading rapidly in Italy, all European countries moved to a lockdown to protect their citizens. Airfields were closed, and people were directed by their governments to stay home. Museums, restaurants, hotels and all social venues also closed, with the exception of supermarkets and pharmacies. These […]
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COVID-19 Means Fewer Condoms in Zimbabwe
Family planning supplies and contraceptives are sold out or inaccessible as the Zimbabwean government continues to battle COVID-19. “The lockdown has meant that community health workers like myself who have often had to distribute contraceptives like family planning pills and at times condoms, have had to stop operating and this means disaster in homes,” said […]
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Mini May Concert Series
Mini May Concert Series – May 23, 2020; May 30, 2020 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – The Pennsylvania Avenue Black Arts and Entertainment District will be hosting a free virtual concert series, via Instagram Live on their page @officialblackartsdistrict. Headliners include Tate Kobang, Deetranada, Davon Fleming, and George Lovett. The two – part concert series will be […]
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BCPS News Release – New Teacher-Produced Instructional Content to Air on BCPS-TV Beginning Wednesday, May 20
New teacher-produced instructional content to air on BCPS-TV beginning Wednesday, May 20 TOWSON, MD. – Baltimore County Public Schools teachers have produced additional instructional content to air Wednesday, May 20, through Tuesday, May 26. The programming can be viewed on BCPS-TV (Channel 73 on Comcast Xfinity and Channel 34 on Verizon FiOS 34) in Baltimore […]
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Hospitals, Health Care Sector Reel From COVID-19 Damage
By TOM MURPHY, AP Health Writer The global coronavirus pandemic has created a huge need for health care in the U.S., but it also is delivering a devastating financial blow to that sector. COVID-19 worries have kept patients away from doctors’ offices and forced the postponement and cancellation of non-urgent surgeries. The pandemic also has […]
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China Announces $2 Billion In Virus Help At WHO Assembly
By JAMEY KEATEN and MARIA CHENG, Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — China will provide $2 billion over two years to fight the coronavirus pandemic and the economic fallout from it, President Xi Jinping said Monday, rallying around the World Health Organization even as the United States has slashed funding for the U.N. health agency and […]
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Defying Order, Baltimore Pastor Holds Services
By The Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A prominent Baltimore pastor said he would continue to hold two services each Sunday for up to 250 people, defying an executive order from the city’s mayor that extended stay-at-home directives. “About 26 members, plus five police cars and about eight officers were in attendance,” said the Rev. […]
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Obama Criticizes Virus Response in Online HBCU Graduation Speech
By Jill Colvin Former President Barack Obama on May 16 crititicized U.S. leaders overseeing the nation’s response to the coronavirus, telling college graduates in an online commencement address that the pandemic shows many officials “aren’t even pretending to be in charge.” Obama spoke on “Show Me Your Walk, HBCU Edition,” a two-hour event for students […]
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#BlackCovidStories: A Long-Memoried People
By Dr. Kaye Whitehead Growing up, whenever something happened to me, my Nana would tell me to write it down, to record it, to get my stories on paper. She said that we are a long-memoried people, and we document our pain so that the children of our children will know that they are the […]
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‘Everyone Has a Story’: How Will World Remember Pandemic?
By Sara Burnett and Regina Garcia Cano The Associated Press Artist Obi Uwakwe was driving through Chicago’s empty streets, camera on his lap to document life during COVID-19, when he saw something that made him stop: a casket being carried out of a church while a few mourners stood by, their faces covered. The 43-year-old […]
