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PRESS ROOM: Leading CEOs Champion Equity for the Black Community in Accessing...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Led by a diverse group of Black CEOs, this initiative gathers resources from respected and trusted community and business leaders, health professionals and public officials to ensure...
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U.S. Senate Passes $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Today, the Senate passed the American Rescue Plan bringing us one step closer to delivering much-needed relief,” President Biden said from the White House shortly after the measured...
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Black, Hispanic and Asian Group Hosts Panel on Menthol Ban
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "So, understanding that you're taking something that has been legal for a century at least, just for the sake of conversation, and criminalizing it to the point where now a police...
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Biden: States Should Open Vaccinations to All Adults by May 1
NNPA NEWSWIRE — More than 529,000 Americans have died since the pandemic began, and nearly 30 million have contracted the virus. “We all lost something,” the President declared. “A collective...
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The American Rescue Plan Provides Relief for Small Businesses
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The American Rescue Plan will “devote $1 trillion toward building a bridge to economic recovery for working families, including those who work for small businesses; and provide critical...
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Wife of Marvin Hagler Pushes Back on Rumors Fighter’s Death was COVID...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I was the only person close to him until the last minute, and I am the only person that know how things went not even his family know all the details and I do NOT accept to read some...
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Biden to Direct States, Tribes and Territories to Open Vaccinations to All...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “If we do our part, if we do this together, by July 4, there’s a good chance you, your families, and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood and...
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LIVESTREAM REPLAY: “SHOULD I TAKE THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE?”
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. Ebony Hilton serves as the moderator for a panel comprised of fellow physicians who are also members of the NNPA's Coronavirus Task Force: Dr. Taison Bell, Dr. Leigh-Ann Webb, Dr....
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PRESS ROOM: AARP Analysis Finds Nearly 11 percent of Black Older Adults Lack...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “While the Affordable Care Act has greatly reduced the number of older adults who are uninsured, coverage has remained unaffordable for far too many people aged 50-64, including many...
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INTERVIEW: Dr. Alexa Canady teaches us to remain calm in the face of obstacles
ROLLINGOUT.COM — You have parents who are just good. And you can recognize that right away, you will have other parents who let their anxiety overtake them. You know, I saw a lot of seriously ill...
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Native South Side doctor’s commitment to Black community changes with the...
CHICAGO CRUSADER — There are about 5,000 minorities who have joined the cannabis/CBD space so far across the country, and WaKanna for Life is the only female and Black-owned cannabis/CBD health and...
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House calls bring COVID-19 vaccine to homebound patients
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — So far, the House Calls program has vaccinated 30 patients and eligible caregivers and plans to administer up to 130 doses by mid-April. The program provides care to patients who...
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OP-ED: COVID-19 Testing and Black America
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, a majority of Black Americans (61%) now say they plan to get a COVID-19 vaccine (or that they’ve already received one), compared...
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Alabama to receive $940 million incentive payments, over two years, if the...
THE GREENE COUNTY DEMOCRAT - Jane Adams, Executive Director of Cover Alabama, a coalition of organizations supporting Medicaid Expansion says, “This is the very best time for Alabama to expand Medicaid...
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How Black Residents in Birmingham Overcame Fear to Take COVID-19 vaccines
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — “Usually, the vaccines we take, like the flu vaccine, are only about 60 to 70 percent effective. But the [COVID-19] vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, both of those are 93 percent...
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Dr. Mona Fouad’s outreach to low-income areas stresses COVID-19 vaccines
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES - “One of the first things we did when the COVID-19 [pandemic] started, was to do mobile testing,” she said. “We went to the communities, set up sites in the neighborhoods, and...
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Dannielle Brown ends hunger strike, starts foundation in honor of her son
THE AFRO - Dannielle Brown’s hunger strike is over, but her battle for justice for her son is everlasting.Brown, whose son, Marquis Jaylen Brown, died after falling out of a Duquesne University dorm...
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The Life of a COVID Long-Hauler
FLORIDA COURIER — A former ‘American Idol’ contestant from Florida shares how the symptoms continue to linger long after he was cleared of the virus. Jeremy Rosado, who battled the coronavirus months...
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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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