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OP-ED: Communities of Color and Other Buyers, Beware of Bold Promises from...
A recent report by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that “older Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native adults were nearly twice as likely to die of COVID-19 as older White adults,” and...
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Black California: Reporting on the Impacts of COVID-19
BLACK VOICE NEWS - Nationally, Blacks are 13 percent of the country’s population, but 30 percent of the coronavirus cases. According to The Atlantic’s COVID Tracker, Blacks die of COVID-19 at a rate...
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COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Drop of Maternal Health Care in Africa, Raising...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Globally, and in many African countries, women have borne the brunt of the harmful effects of the pandemic. They have had limited to no access to essential maternal and child health...
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Dr. Rochelle Walensky, CDC Director — Interview with the Black Press of America
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 7:30 a.m. EST interview will air over several social media platforms, including facebook.com/blackpressusa/videos, youtube.com/c/blackpressusatv, and on Twitter @BlackPressUSA. “Dr....
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OP-ED: Hospice Is About Living, Not Dying
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On National Healthcare Decisions Day, I want to share the importance of compassionate death in the Black community, including hospice care. Hospice is a set of services designed to...
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President Biden Announces Executive Orders to Curb Gun Violence
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This gun violence in our neighborhood is having a profound impact on our children, even if they’re never involved in pulling the trigger or being the victim of — on the other side of a...
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PRESS ROOM: Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Announces National Health...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Your health shouldn’t depend on the color of your skin or the neighborhood you live in,” said Kim Keck, president and CEO of BCBSA. “The crisis in racial disparities in our country’s...
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FEMA pilot center gives Marylanders new vaccination option
THE AFRO - “From the start of the vaccination mission, the federal government has committed itself to ensuring safe, equitable and efficient vaccinations for all Americans,” The post FEMA pilot center...
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Birmingham Restores Two Paid Holidays For City Workers
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES - “Now that the American Rescue Plan has been signed into law, we have a clearer view of what it can mean for the city. There is a great deal of guidance we must consider from the...
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Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Physicians Make a Positive Impact on...
THE LOS ANGELES SENTINEL - “Knowing that health care workers have been on the frontline for the past year, and given so much of themselves, we’re awed by their extending themselves even further to...
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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...
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President 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...
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Of 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...
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Miles 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...
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Experts 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...
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DC 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...
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Councilmember 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,...
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Black 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...
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Atlanta 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...
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Local 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...
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