By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Hip-hop and business mogul Russell Simmons has seen the devastation the novel coronavirus has wreaked on his hometown of Hollis in Queens, N.Y., and the rest of the world. Now, the iconic Def Jam founder is bringing back one of his legendary creations to help raise money […]
Category: Coronavirus
Posted inCoronavirus, INTERNATIONAL, NEWS
African Elite Who Once Sought Treatment Abroad Are Grounded
By CARA ANNA, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic could narrow one gaping inequality in Africa, where some heads of state and other elite jet off to Europe or Asia for health care unavailable in their nations. As countries including their own impose dramatic travel restrictions, they might have to take their chances […]
Posted inCoronavirus, Health, National News, NEWS, POLITICS, U.S. Government
U.S. ‘Wasted’ Months Before Preparing For Virus Pandemic
By MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might ignite a global pandemic, the Trump administration squandered nearly two months that could have been used to bolster the federal stockpile of critically needed medical supplies and equipment. A review of federal purchasing […]
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COMMENTARY: What Do You Say to Someone Battling COVID-19?
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia It is human nature to want to say the right thing at the right time. To utter words that just might help heal. I recall working at The Times-Tribune newspaper in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in the mid-2000s. I had been assigned the City Hall beat, which meant […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, Coronavirus, Health, National News, NEWS
State of Emergency Declared for Black America as Public Health Experts Reveal Coronavirus is Airborne
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia While many medical doctors maintain that the novel coronavirus is transmitted through droplets from coughs or sneezes, more and more medical experts and officials who work primarily with infectious respiratory illnesses and aerosols are convinced that the disease is airborne. Today, as a result of recent medical […]
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While You Were Paying Attention To Covid-19, Trump Slipped Something Past You
By Bill Fletcher Jr. NNPA Newswire Contributor That’s right, he did it again. Just like a magician, while you are looking at his left hand, he pulls a trick with his right. In this case, while almost all of the news has been focused on Covid-19, the Trump administration dropped auto fuel efficiency standards. And to […]
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IN MEMORIAM: African Americans Who Have Died of COVID-19
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor The inaccurate Internet memes and false online conspiracies that purport “Blacks can’t get coronavirus” are contrary to reality. African Americans are not immune to COVID-19. On April 2, the Pentagon was looking to provide civilian institutions with more body bags after it was reported that over 1,000 people […]
Posted inBaltimore News, Coronavirus, Health, Maryland Government, NEWS, Prince George's County News, Religion
Sunday at Noon – A Time For Maryland To Pray
The Governor has called on Marylanders to pray and reflect this Sunday, April 5 at noon in response to COVID-19. Please get the word out to your congregations and friends to be praying and if feasible tune in to your online services for a collective virtual time of prayer. Paraphrasing the Governor’s remarks, this Sunday is Palm Sunday, […]
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Face Coverings Recommended in COVID-19 Fight, But Trump Says He Won’t Wear One
By Eric Tucker, Zeke Miller and Mike Schneider The Associated Press President Donald Trump announced new federal guidelines April 3 recommending that Americans wear face coverings when in public to help fight the spread of the new coronavirus. The president immediately said he had no intention of following the advice himself, saying, “I’m choosing not […]
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Coronavirus Claims Life of Pianist And Patriarch Ellis Marsalis
By Cleveland Bryant Jr. Special to the AFRO Ellis Marsalis Jr., premier jazz pianist and jazz family patriarch-father of four sons, who are acclaimed jazz musicians themselves, died April 1 at a hospital in New Orleans. His oldest son, Branford, issued a statement, noting that his father succumbed to complications of the coronavirus after checking […]
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Dear Black People: COVID-19 Can Kill
By Nsenga K. Burton Coronavirus or Covid-19, or “rona” as some are calling it, will kill you. You may have seen some of the conspiracy theories, myths or outright lies floating around the internet stating that Black folks cannot get coronavirus. You may have the false belief that those with “melanin poppin’” cannot get this […]
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Coronavirus and Baltimore’s Homeless
By Chris Anderson (7th District) It was around 6:30 a.m. when I got the call from my friend, Darius. “Chris? This is Darius. Man, I’m in Philadelphia. I got that that’s been going around.” I was without words. Coronavirus? Did Darius really have COVID-19? I knew that Darius had signs of a common cold a […]