President Biden Tackles Black Maternal Health with New Executive Orders
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Recent data show that Black women are roughly two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than non-Hispanic White women. The Centers for Disease Control and...
View ArticlePresident Biden to Unveil Ambitious ‘American Family Plan’
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The American Family Plan will add at least four years of free education for every student and make transformational investments from early childhood to higher education so that all...
View ArticleOf Land and Nation Building community and safe places for ourselves
Grove Hall NDC was formed from the dissatisfaction of the Black community. Different Black organizations united to form the board and Virginia Muhammad was chosen to be president. She was and remains a...
View ArticleMiles College adds to growing partnerships, this one with UBS Bank
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES - “Essential to this partnership is the stark realization that the African American community has been historically omitted from significant consideration for clinical trials and...
View ArticleExperts Encourage Better Health Options for Children During the Pandemic
NEWS ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY - Local physicians and health professionals who spoke at the New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce (NORBCC) Straight Talk Series Webinar on Feb. 18th said the...
View ArticleDC Mayor Bowser’s only sister dies from COVID-19
THE AFRO - My family and I are mourning the loss of my sister, Mercia Bowser, who passed away this morning due to complications related to COVID-19. The post DC Mayor Bowser’s only sister dies from...
View ArticleCouncilmember Harris-Dawson Provided Vaccines for the People
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL - In L.A. County, more than 1 million residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine. According to a new state report that provides a snapshot of vaccine distribution,...
View ArticleBlack Nurses launch the First Black Wellness Magazine
THE ORLANDO ADVOCATE - “We are ecstatic to elevate black nurses as they bring wellness education, to help our corporate partners disseminate cultured wellness information, to elevate some and give to...
View ArticleAtlanta entrepreneur Erica ‘Umi’ Clahar of Umi Feeds continues to fight to...
THE ATLANTA VOICE - Clahar explains. “I know that with little simple change in our daily lives we can help end hunger in Atlanta. COVID-19 brought about extreme restrictions to an already restricted...
View ArticleLocal hospitality workers call on industry to honor recall rights
THE LOUISIANA WEEKLY - As the city and the nation marked the start of the pandemic’s second year at the same time Americans began receiving the COVID vaccine en masse, the members of UNITE HERE Local...
View ArticleThe Virus, Vaccines and New Variants: Weighing the Threat of a Mutant COVID...
POST NEWS GROUP - “The more virus particles there are, the more chances that a single virus particle may be a little different than the rest of them,” said Shah. “One or more virus particles is all you...
View ArticleClosing the gap: Morehouse School of Medicine is shaping tomorrow’s leaders
ROLLING OUT - “We are exposing more African Americans in this space to create a pipeline for opportunities and to affect change in the minority population as it relates to access to drugs and health...
View ArticleBiden-Harris Administration Delivers Funds to Support Older Americans’ Health
With this funding for Older Americans Act nutrition programs, states will be able to continue home-delivered meals as well as “drive-through” or “grab-and-go” meals for older adults who typically would...
View ArticleDrew: Pause Lifted on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine, Now What?
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES - The agency acted quickly after a vote by the CDC’s ACIP recommended lifting the pause. “Above all else, health and safety are at the forefront of our decisions,” said CDC...
View ArticleBig Freedia, Lynn Whitfield, join Planned Parenthood’s ‘Be Seen’ Campaign...
ATLANTA DAILY WORLD - Planned Parenthood joins Atlanta-based, Emmy-winning actor Lynn Whitfield and musicians Big Freedia, Rebecca Black, and Paulina Rubio to launch a campaign for Black and Latinx...
View ArticleThe importance of getting vaccinated
AFRO - We must be clear about what will and will not work in bringing this pandemic to a close. The virus will not disappear on its own. Misplaced narratives about individualism and taking personal...
View ArticleCalifornia to Receive $3.8 Billion in Federal Cash to Help Childcare Providers
POST NEWS GROUP - On April 15, the Biden Administration announced the release of $39 billion in direct funding allocated for childcare providers in the American Rescue Plan, which was signed into law...
View ArticleAmerica’s Unhealthiest, Air Polluted Cities, Put Many at Risk
HE ORLANDO ADVOCATE - That statistic is predictably worse for blacks, who are 61% more likely than whites to live in an area where the air is unacceptably polluted, and three times more likely to live...
View ArticleIowa prison inmates sickened after given improper dose of COVID-19 vaccine
ROLLING OUT - According to The New York Times, on April 20, nurses inadvertently administered six times the recommended dosage of the vaccine to at least 77 inmates at the Iowa State Penitentiary in...
View ArticleNation’s First Bill to Extend Victim Services to Survivors of Police Brutality
POST NEWS GROUP - Police reports and opinion can also prevent families of homicide victims from obtaining compensation, without any recourse or due process. Families in shock at a violent loss then...
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