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128 new Covid-19 deaths as confirmed cases soar to 151 209 | News24

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Tuesday revealed that Covid-19 had claimed 128 people in the past 24 hours, with the majority of the deaths reported in the Western Cape.

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Burkina Faso: Out of Sight, People Suffer From Rise in Violence in Burkina Faso

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been providing free-of-charge quality healthcare, water and basic relief items to people in eastern Burkina Faso since May

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Source: allAfrica.com

Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — “A Trump enemy statement,” he said of one

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South Africa: Expect More Deaths From TB and Diabetes Than COVID-19, Says Zweli Mkhize

While Covid-19 is the most talked about virus, TB and diabetes are silent killers that remain the leading causes of natural deaths in South

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa's top virus deaths: Cameroon women's football medic dies | Africanews

The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic across Africa is heading is gone past the 1,000 mark as of April 18, 2020. The casualties cut across age groups. From the death of a 6 year-old in Kenya, older patients in most instances and persons in the youth

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

GRAPHICS | Gauteng recording more Covid-19 cases a day than Western Cape has at any point

South Africa's most populous province, Gauteng, is now recording more Covid-19 cases every day than at any point during the Western

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Africa: Great News on COVID-19 Treatment – But Not Good Enough Yet

That's according to Oxford University researchers Peter Horby and Martin Landray, who are conducting treatment experiments as part of the large Recovery Trial – a large, randomised controlled trial of possible treatments for patients admitted to hospital with

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: WHO Welcomes Preliminary Results about Dexamethasone Use in Treating Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

Geneva — The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the initial clinical trial results from the United Kingdom (UK) that show dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, can be lifesaving for patients who are critically ill with

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GOP edges Democrats in swing-state registrations | Afro

More swing-state voters are registering Republican than Democrat, a data firm allied with Democrats found. The U.S. parties register voters using different methods - and the ways favored by Democrats have been hampered by lockdown measures in Democratic Party-led cities and states in the first

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Africa's coronavirus cases hits half a million, about 12,000 deaths | Africanews

July 8: Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases now above a half-million

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

How Racism In US Health System Hinders Care And Costs Lives Of African Americans

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Black Churches’ Census Sunday

These crises will be forever linked in the annals of history not just because they collided in time but also just as the cruel murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota police finally tore open the gapping cruelty of police in this nation toward its African-American citizens, COVID-19 laid

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Eastern Cape hotspots to be zoned in on as Mkhize turns attention to 'vulnerable' province

The Eastern Cape's Covid-19 hotspots will be divided into sub-districts to better manage the fight against the pandemic through regional responses in the "vulnerable" province, the national Department of Health said on

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Source: https://www.news24.com

The National Medical Association Calls for Gun Violence as a Public Health Emergency | Atlanta Daily World

During this past July 4thweekend, we saw senseless gun violence in major cities throughout the country. A child as young as 11 years old was murdered in Washington, DC, and even younger in Atlanta and Chicago. Our condolences go out to the families of the victims. Unfortunately, condolences are not

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Donald Trump is trying to lead America away from John Lewis' legacy - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Trump's rhetoric -- so discordant with where many Americans are headed on issues of race -- was a reminder that despite mass demonstrations in cities across America and signs of change within big corporations to show that Black lives matter, there have been very few tangible signs of progress on

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Rwanda COVID-19: random tests, drive-thru testing at Kigali stadium | Africanews

July 2: street tests, drive-thru testing

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Funeral held for slain Ethiopian singer | Africanews

The funeral of Hachalu Hundessa, the slain Ethiopian singer, was held Thursday in his hometown of Ambo, in the Oromia

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Chicago Urban League Reports on Disparities of COVID-19 | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By Dr. Stephanie Schmitz Bechteler and Kathie Kane-Willis, Chicago Urban League Research and Policy Center

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Fences (play)

Fences is a 1985 play by American playwright August Wilson. Set in the 1950s, it is the sixth in Wilsons ten-part Pittsburgh Cycle. Like all of the Pittsburgh plays, Fences explores the evolving African-American experience and examines race relations, among other themes. The play won the 1987

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Source: ThoughtCo

The impact of COVID-19 on older adults (part 1)

COVID-19 poses a risk not only to the health of older adults who contract the disease but also to those without the health care resources and social structures that contribute to overall wellness (Continued from last week) Has the pandemic exacerbated health disparities for older adults? Every

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

COVID & mental health

Usually, when we recognise that persons are having challenges, the first thing that we recommend is that they reach out and interact with

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a snipers bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when without warning, he was shot. The .30-caliber rifle bullet entered Kings right

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Rwanda's COVID-19 Pool Testing - a Savvy Option Where There's Low Viral Prevalence

[The Conversation Africa] Many countries in East Africa have turned to contact tracing and carrying out COVID-19 tests on thousands of individuals as a way of monitoring and trying to limit transmissions of the new coronavirus. In Rwanda, they have been investigating how they can scale up testing

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Source: allAfrica.com

EDITORIAL: We are being studied, so expect shocking findings on

We have had people in positions of authority stating that the virus is a false alert by people who want to earn some advantage over others, which is pretty credible, because since when did we have any situation where people did not want to gain an upper hand when an opportunity presents

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Source: The East African

COVID-19 and maternal health in Zimbabwe

With research showing there are no direct increased chances of COVID-19 transmission and complications, the real impact of COVID-19 on maternal health will be felt in two major

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

The National Medical Association calls for gun violence as a public health emergency - Atlanta Tribune

During this past July 4th weekend, we saw senseless gun violence in major cities throughout the country. A child as young as 11 years old was murdered in Washington, DC, and even younger in Atlanta and Chicago. Our condolences go out to the families of the victims. Unfortunately, condolences are

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

114-year-old Ethiopian recovers from COVID-19

Meanwhile, in South Africa the death is reported of a two-day-old baby after being born prematurely to a coronavirus positive

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Anti-viral drug effective against COVID-19 — study

WASHI NGTON, United States (AFP) — Anti-viral drug remdesivir cuts recovery times in COVID-19 patients, according to the full results of a trial published Friday night, three weeks after America's top infectious diseases expert said the study showed the medication has

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Gileads $2,340 Price For Coronavirus Drug Draws Criticism | Afro

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer 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 countries. Gilead

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Keep in dark. Feed with platitudes - NEWS & ANALYSIS | Politicsweb

Take the government’s modelling of COVID’s likely trajectory in South

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