By AFRO Staff Following recent recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that suggest individuals should wear face coverings in public settings, Kennedy Krieger Institute recently launched a new protocol making mask-wearing a universal requirement at the Institute. With this new protocol comes the need for all staff, including non-clinical employees who […]
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Posted inCoronavirus, Food, Health, LIFE & STYLE, National News, NEWS
Meals Of Love Connects Isolated Seniors And Disabled Adults With Meal Delivery From Local Restaurants
MEALS OF LOVE CONNECTS ISOLATED SENIORS AND DISABLED ADULTS WITH MEAL DELIVERY FROM LOCAL RESTAURANTS Partnership Infuses Working Capital into Restaurants While Supporting Seniors and Disabled Adults Isolated Amid COVID-19 Pandemic ORLANDO, Fla. (April 7, 2020) – This month, as older adults face challenging times, up to 1,000 fresh, restaurant-prepared meals will be safely delivered […]
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WYPR Launches The Daily Dose to Highlight Maryland’s Response to COVID-19
By AFRO Staff WYPR, an NPR affiliate, recently launched The Daily Dose, a podcast that highlights Maryland’s response to the current public health crisis. Listeners can stay up to date through the original reporting and analysis from their newsroom along with the On The Record and Midday teams. Danyell Irby, WYPR acting executive director of […]
Posted inCoronavirus, D.C. Community, Health, NEWS, Washington D.C. News
When You Can’t Breathe, Nothing Else Matters
By Cohen Cosby III Special to the AFRO I woke up Sunday morning with a slight cough, but I didn’t think anything of it because I have asthma and seasonal allergies. After a 30-minute home workout, I sat down on the couch and started doing some work for a client. Almost as soon as I […]
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Vote Safe D.C. Campaign Launch
By Briana Thomas Special to the AFRO On March 27, the D.C. Board of Elections launched a campaign to encourage residents to utilize voter mail-in ballots for the upcoming elections in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The Vote Safe DC initiative is being implemented to help protect the health of election workers and District voters […]
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US Gig Workers and Self-Employed Face Delays In Jobless Aid
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — After Rich Cruse saw about $3,000 in income for his photography business quickly disappear to the coronavirus, he tried to apply for unemployment benefits in California. But like many states, his isn’t yet accepting claims from the self-employed like him. That’s left Cruse, 58, earning just […]
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Mosby Seeks Coronavirus Race Data
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com Baltimore City Sen. Nick Mosby is among dozens of members of the Maryland General Assembly, who want to know how the cases of COVID-19 cases and deaths around the state manifest along racial lines. Mosby, who told the AFRO he has been seeking the racial demographics connected to […]
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COVID-19 Update from Governor Larry Hogan: Frequently Asked Questions
The Maryland Departments of Labor and Commerce have established a one-stop portal for businesses and employees impacted by COVID-19 at businessexpress.maryland.gov/coronavirus. Small businesses can apply for federal disaster loans from the Small Business Administration. To ensure Marylanders receive access to affordable, ACA-compliant insurance coverage during this emergency, individuals can visit MarylandHealthConnection.gov or download the free […]
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Men’s Shelter Relocated in Response to Covid-19 Pandemic
St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore (SVDP) (BALTIMORE, MD) – St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore (SVDP) announced today that, working in partnership with the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services, it has relocated all 135 men from SVDP’s men’s shelter located in East Baltimore. This move will allow SVDP to better protect the […]
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Please Let This Change Our World
By Tia Price, Director of Programs, Wide Angle Youth Media We teach our students how to create media one step at a time. Simple skills begin to form a project when stacked on top of each other. Once our students get the hang of their newly learned skills and are walking steady in the groove […]
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Commentary: Fighting Crime, COVID-19 and an Economic Crisis with a Proven Leader
By Former Mayor Sheila Dixon COVID 19 has presented for each of us an uncertainty that none of us have experienced in our lifetime. Our current state of emergency makes for a heightened level of fear within our communities that seemingly cannot be quelled. What lies on the other side of this global pandemic remains […]