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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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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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With the Lowest Death Rate, D.C. Ranks Among Safest States During COVID
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As of Thursday, August 19, approximately 51 percent of the American population is vaccinated. The authors spell out that some states are safer than others. The District of Columbia...
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EXCLUSIVE: Rev. Jesse Jackson Speaks About His and Wife’s Covid Diagnosis
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In an exclusive telephone conversation from his hospital bed on Sunday, August 22, the renowned civil rights leader expressed his ongoing support for vaccinations while explaining why...
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OP-ED: Pfizer’s “Voices for the Heart” Speaks to Black America
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Thanks to Pfizer, the NNPA and other organizations that serve the public health interests of our communities are enabled to better inform more and more African Americans about this...
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Vaccine Effectiveness Declines Overall, Remains Strong in Preventing...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “First, vaccine-induced protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection begins to decrease over time. Second, vaccine effectiveness against severe disease, hospitalization, and death remains...
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COMMENTARY: Mississippi’s Healthcare System is Failing Amid Covid
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The question remains: Is the Mississippi health system in failure mode? Dr. Alan Jones stated in a press conference, Tuesday, August 17, “In the systems of care right now, there are,...
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After Rapper Launches Anti-Mask, Anti-Vaccine Rant, Black Doctors Speak Out
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Even after over 635,000 have died in the U.S. as a result of the coronavirus, some celebrities have continued to loudly protest against the advice of doctors and other medical...
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Several Conservative Anti-Vaxxers Die of COVID as Delta Variant Spreads
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On August 20, South Carolina tea party Republican leader Pressley Stutts died from complications of COVID. He was 64. Stutts opposed mask mandates but stated on social media that...
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Op-Ed: Fixing New York City’s Homelessness Crisis Is an American Priority
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In particular, African Americans, Latinx Americans and other people of color are disproportionately, devastatingly impacted by COVID-19 and are also disproportionately entrapped with...
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PRESS ROOM: New Podcast, St. Jude Mission of A Lifetime, Launches to Document...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are writing the narrative of human spaceflight right now, as we go to the moon, and we go on to Mars,” said Dr. Sian Proctor. “What do we want that to look like? How do we make...
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New Coronavirus Variant a ‘Concern’ for Health Officials
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nearly 219 million people globally had contracted the novel coronavirus since March 2020, when officials officially declared a pandemic. Over 4.5 million have died, including more than...
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President Biden Proclaims Sept. 10 World Suicide Prevention Day
NNPA NEWSWIRE — President Biden noted that the American Rescue Plan provided the third round of economic impact payments, established a homeowner assistance fund, and provided emergency rental...
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Sen. Schumer, AG James: Rochester’s Black Moms Deserve Top Treatment – It’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Momnibus Act of 2021 builds on existing maternal health legislation to comprehensively address the root causes of the maternal health crisis by making critical investments in...
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