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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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 […]
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With Rise of Trump Came Rise of White Nationalism, Critics Say
By Haleigh Whisted Capital News Service Thomas Rousseau, a 21-year-old originally from a suburban Dallas, Texas, home, was once a Boy Scout that wrote a conservative opinion column and drew cartoons for his high school’s student newspaper, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. His past high school peers considered him as normal and quiet, […]
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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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Lean On Me,’ ‘Lovely Day’ Singer Bill Withers Dies at 81
By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including “ Lean on Me, ” “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” has died from heart complications, his family said in a statement to The Associated Press. He was 81. […]
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News Release: Why Disadvantaged Populations are at Greater Health Risk from COVID-19 – and How Libraries are Helping
By Dr. Beth St. Jean / UMD iSchool The World Health Organization (WHO) Constitution, drafted in 1946 and accepted by the U.S. in 1948, states: “The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.” […]
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Mom, 5-Year Old Son Launch YouTube Learning Channel
Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) — Five-year old Corban and his mother, Andrea Stephenson, have launched a YouTube channel called Corban’s Fun Learning Adventures. This channel encourages children and their parents to bond by doing hands-on, educational, and playful projects together. Corban’s Fun Learning Adventures will expose your child to science experiments, art projects, pretend play, fun […]
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Black-Owned Wig Company Donates Face Masks to NYC Hospitals
New York, NY (BlackNews.com) — RPGSHOW, a leading provider of luxury wigs in partnership with sister company, MyFirstWig, is giving back to the community with a donation of vital PPE materials to various hospitals in NYC and other areas currently battling COVID-19. RPGSHOW has coordinated the donation of nearly 7,000 masks to the medical community […]
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AFRO Facts – U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Host Micha Green Talks U.S Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams and his contributions to COVID-19 prevention.
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Students Affected by COVID-19 Could Benefit From This
Frog Tutoring, LLC now offers free online K-12 classes in Math, English Language Arts and Science led by a live instructor to help students across the country continue their educational pursuits while the country faces the COVID-19 pandemic. Highly qualified tutors will be leading classes for students in the foundational subjects as many schools throughout […]
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Billions in Virus Aid Aim To Shelter, Test the Homeless
By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Thursday it is distributing about $3 billion in the first round of coronavirus aid to help the homeless find emergency shelter and communities expand testing and treatment. Advocacy groups say the homeless population is particularly at risk during the pandemic. Many already have health problems such as heart disease […]
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Nursing Home Infections, Deaths Surge Amid Lockdown Measures
By JIM MUSTIAN, BERNARD CONDON and CANDICE CHOI, Associated Press Nursing homes across the country have been in lockdown for weeks under federal orders to protect their frail, elderly residents from coronavirus, but a wave of deadly outbreaks nearly every day since suggests that the measures including a ban on visits and daily health screenings […]