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African American Nurse first to Receive COVID Vaccine
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The person who is going to take the first vaccine in the state of New York, maybe the first vaccine shot in the United States,” Cuomo said of Lindsay as she sat in a chair ahead of...
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The African American Wellness Project Partners with VNR1 Communications in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are at an unprecedented time in our nation’s history. Racism is an omnipresent public health burden,” said Dr. Michael LeNoir, one of the nation’s top Black physicians and AAWP’s...
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Meharry Medical College Announces Collaboration with University of Memphis...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We will work together to diversify the healthcare provider pipeline and advance health care education,” said Dr. James Hildreth, the president of Meharry Medical College in Nashville....
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ASK DR. KEVIN: The Value of Caregiver Support While Navigating An ATTR-CM...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Being diagnosed with a rare disease can be overwhelming, and it can be just as difficult if a loved one receives a diagnosis. In the case of ATTR-CM, a life-threatening, underdiagnosed...
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NBA Legend Don Chaney Takes Shot at Rare Heart Disease Primarily Affecting...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Chaney, who won an NBA title with the Boston Celtics and earned Coach of the Year honors with the Houston Rockets, wants African Americans to know that they are more likely than anyone...
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Push is On to Increase African American Confidence in COVID Vaccine
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s foremost infectious disease physician, also championed the work of Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, an African American scientist, whom Dr. Fauci said was at the...
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Biden Top Advisor Rep. Cedric Richmond Tests Positive for COVID
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “On Thursday, December 17, we confirmed that incoming White House Senior Advisor and Director of the Office of Public Engagement Cedric Richmond tested positive for COVID-19,” Biden...
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Black Woman, Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, Developed the Scientific Approach to the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The very vaccine that’s one of the two that has absolutely exquisite levels – 94 to 95 percent efficacy against clinical disease and almost 100 percent efficacy against serious disease...
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PRESS ROOM: AARP Georgia Poll: 50+ Voters May Tip the Scale in Senate Runoffs
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “These results show that both races are a dead heat and time is running out for candidates to address the concerns of 50-plus voters,” said AARP Georgia State Director Debra...
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IN MEMORIAM: Dr. Susan Moore — Black Doctor Dies of COVID-19, Sets Off Alarms
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. Susan Moore’s Facebook live post received wide attention and a lengthy segment on Roland Martin Unfiltered on December 23. Dr. Moore knew what to ask for as she was being treated...
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LIVESTREAM REPLAY: CDC’s Chief Health Equity Officer Talks New Virus Variant,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The interview with Dr. Hall primarily centered on the CDC’s tips for celebrating virtually with loved ones and offering guidance to those who choose to enjoy the holidays with friends...
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#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM — DR. JAMES HILDRETH — “Should I take the COVID-19 Vaccine?”
For African Americans, the vaccination question goes beyond availability and risk to focus on trust. In a year that has further unearthed America's long and festering history of racism and inequity,...
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Doctor Susan Moore, An African American Physician, Chronicles the Racist...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I don’t trust this hospital, and I’m asking to be transferred. These people wanted to send me home with new pulmonary infiltrates and all kinds of lymphadenopathy in my neck,” said Dr....
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NNPA Hosts Series of Interviews on Closing Education Achievement Gap
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This month, NNPA President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., conducted videotaped interviews with education experts, community activists, and college students to help determine...
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Trump Finally Signs COVID Relief Bill Providing $600 Direct Payments to Families
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The President, who has spent most of his time since losing the November 3 election pushing false conspiracy theories about his loss to President-Elect Joe Biden and golfing, delayed...
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Living with FSGS: Kevin Mott on advocating for himself and others
AFRO NEWS — Mott was shocked. “Within two years from the diagnosis, you have to have a transplant or dialysis. If you do nothing you could die,” he said. But this life-changing news didn’t dim his...
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LIVESTREAM: CDC’s Chief COVID-19 Health Equity Officer Talks New Virus...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The interview with Dr. Hall primarily centered on the CDC’s tips for celebrating virtually with loved ones and offering guidance to those who choose to enjoy the holidays with friends...
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My inside-out look at a vaccine trial
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Vaccines from Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna, both approved by the Food and Drug Administration, are already protecting millions of healthcare personnel in America. The potential...
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Limited Supply of COVID-19 Vaccine is Now Available to Select Groups in the...
NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE — As more vaccines become available from the CDC, more individuals and groups will be offered a vaccination, according to information provided by the state of Louisiana Health...
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Hip Hop Pioneer Dr. Dre Hospitalized in Los Angeles After Suffering Brain...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. Dre, 55, reportedly is stable and lucid, but doctors haven’t determined what caused his internal bleeding. His physicians are reportedly performing a battery of tests and continue...
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