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Tanzania: Don't Blame Me for Any COVID-19 Deaths - Museveni

Kampala — President Museveni has said that he and his government have played their part in containing the spread of Coronavirus, and can no longer take the blame if Ugandans start dying of

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James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones is an American actor who is well known for an array of notable characters he has played in his movies. He was born in January 1931 to Robert Earl and Ruth Jones in Arkabutla, Mississippi. His father was an actor, boxer, butler, and chauffeur who left the family shortly after his

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Ethiopia coronavirus: 261 cases, president calls for global solidarity

May 10: 239 cases, Abiy appreciates US support

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California freelancer reforms under the microscope

“California is radioactive,” said Karen Anderson, founder of the Facebook group “Freelancers Against AB5,” a protest group aiming to repeal a state law classifying most California freelancers as employees in order to guarantee certain job

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Source: South Florida Times

Burundi's Nkurunziza leaves a mixed legacy

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza, who died of a heart attack aged 55 according to an official statement released on Tuesday, has left behind a mixed

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Source: The East African

Ellis: Up your Health Literacy Game

Do you understand what’s going on with all the research for COVID-19 vaccines and

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Source: The Birmingham Times

OMETE: Unlocking traffic jams in Nairobi

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Africa urged to buy local products to support startups

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Female docs run things

The only male doctors listed as parish medical officers of health are Dr Andre McIntosh and Stephen Figueroa in Kingston and St Andrew; Dr D'Oyen Smith in St Thomas, and Dr Kaushal Singh in

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(2000) Harold Ford, “Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention"

In 2000 at the National Democratic Convention in Los Angeles where Vice President Al Gore, Jr., won the Democratic Nomination for President, fellow Tennessean, Congressman Harold Ford of Memphis, gave the Keynote Address. That address appears

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“Coronavirus (A.K.A. COVID-19): Don’t Believe the Hype”

Today, COVID-19 misinformation surrounds us, and the hype about it causes significant confusion, which is jet fuel for the pandemic in our

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Kenya: I Love Both Medicine and Acting

Gloria Kawira, 21, is a fourth year medicine and surgery student at Egerton

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Summer may decide fate of leading shots in vaccine race | The Atlanta Voice

People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if any shot really works — and maybe offer a reality

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As COVID-19 Phase 3 Vaccine Studies Begin, We Must Improve Minority Participation in Clinical Trials | Afro

In addition, sterilizing Native American women without their consent, and the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, led to a justifiable fear and luck of trust by people of color regarding clinical trial participation in the

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Albert Sidney Johnston

Albert Sidney Johnston , (born February 2, 1803, Washington, Kentucky, U.S.—died April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tennessee), commander of the Confederate forces in the Western theatre during the early stages of the American Civil War (1861–65). His battlefield death was considered an irreparable loss by

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Black People’s Fears Of Clinical Racism Must Be Addressed In COVID-19 Vaccine Trials, Experts Say

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Schooled By Youtube: Western Medical Doctors or "Savage" Traditional Healers…Who do YOU choose?

Schooled By Youtube: Western Medical Doctors or “Savage” Traditional Healers…Who do YOU

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Ramona Hood's Career: From Receptionist to FedEx Division CEO

When Ramona Hood achieved her milestone appointment as president and CEO of FedEx’s Custom Critical after a three-decade career with the company, the accomplished executive never fathomed she would lead the division in the throes of

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Africa: Seven Ways We Are Making Ourselves Sick (And How We Can Stop)

The World Health Organization attributes 23 per cent of all deaths to unhealthy environments; and this year, the top five risks cited in the World Economic Forum's Global Risk Report were all related to the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Decline in new US virus deaths may be temporary reprieve

The number of deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. has fallen in recent weeks to the lowest level since late March, even as states increasingly reopen for

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Fastest ever real-world Internet speed smashed - 44.2Tbit/s

Researchers in Australia claim they may have successfully achieved the fastest Internet data speed ever, capable of downloading a thousand high-definition movies in less than

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(1874) Congressman Richard Harvey Cain, “All We Ask Is Equal Laws, Equal Legislation And Equal Rights”

During an 1874 Congressional debate over the Civil Rights Bill then being considered, South Carolina Representative Richard Harvey Cain responds to attacks on the proposed legislation. His speech appears

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'Glad for the herb': Jamaican woman claims to be cured of HIV

(Jamaica Observer) Claims by local medicinal herb practitioner, Carlton Bennett, that herbal remedies can cure COVID-19 and other diseases, have stirred up controversy and caught the attention of several individuals who are eager to test his

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Uganda's Reputation has Grown - Museveni

He said the ‘Real Economy’ is the economy that deals with the nine basic human needs of food, clothing, shelter, medicine, security, physical infrastructure (the railways, the roads, the electricity, the telephones), health infrastructure (hospitals etc.), the education infrastructure

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Olive Schreiner

Olive Schreiner , in full Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner, pseudonym Ralph Iron (born March 24, 1855, Wittebergen, Cape Colony [now in South Africa]—died Dec. 11, 1920, Cape Town, S.Af.), writer who produced the first great South African novel, The Story of an African Farm (1883). She had

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Abbott, Anderson Ruffin (1837-1913)

Anderson Ruffin Abbott, Canada’s first black doctor, was born April 7, 1837 in Toronto, Ontario. He was the son of free black property owners William Ruffin Abbott and his wife Ellen (Toyer) Abbott who left Alabama after their store had been destroyed. They settled briefly in New York until

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Gilead's $2,340 Price For Coronavirus Drug Draws Criticism

The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the United States and other developed

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Peck, David Jones (c. 1826-1855)

David Jones Peck was the first black man to graduate from an American medical school. He was born to John C. and Sarah Peck in Carlisle, Pennsylvania around 1826. John Peck was a prominent abolitionist and minister who founded the local African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Carlisle. Peck was

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Minorities wanted for COVID-19 testing

In addition, sterilizing Native American women without their consent, and the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, led to a justifiable fear and luck of trust by people of color regarding clinical trial participation in the

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Shooting of Michael Brown

For the protests that followed the shooting of Michael Brown, see Ferguson

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