Gaines, Irene McCoy (1892-1964)

Sister Angella Harris a ‘gentle giant of a woman’

Veteran educator and Franciscan Sister Angella Harris was yesterday hailed as a woman steeped in grace and humility as family, friends, and colleagues and several persons whose lives she touched joined in a memorial service to salute

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

ALERT: Popular Diabetes Drug Recalled Due to Possible Cancerous Chemical | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect

A recall of the widely-used diabetes drug metformin was announced by drug maker Apotex, due to possible high levels of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), which is believed to cause cancer in

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Source: BlackDoctor | Health News On Fitness, Nutrition & Weight Loss - BlackDoctor

With 50 honorary doctorates, Gordon Parks captured black triumphs and exposed injustices

Our childhood experiences shape the worldview we hold and for pioneering African-American photographer and filmmaker Gordon Parks, having faced aggressive discrimination as a child in a segregated elementary school and barred from participating in his high school activities, because of his

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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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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Self-Medication Worsening Our Problems - Patients

Of recent, hospitals and government officials have attributed spike in medical complications among patients and in some instances death to the decision of those with underlying ailments going for self -medication at home instead seeking professional

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Source: allAfrica.com

BATSA, Dlamini-Zuma set to face off in court next week over cigarette ban

In her court papers, Dlamini-Zuma controversially argued that the economic damage from the cigarette ban was being partially mitigated by a flourishing illegal market - representing economic

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Source: https://www.news24.com

FDA finds contamination in several brands of diabetes drug

The Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday that several batches of the drug metformin tested positive for unsafe levels of N-Nitrosodimethylamine, a possible cancer-causing chemical that can form as a manufacturing

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Why Do More Black Men Die from Prostate Cancer? | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect

It has long been known among medical experts for a while now that Black men are at a considerably higher risk of being falling victim to prostate

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Source: BlackDoctor | Health News On Fitness, Nutrition & Weight Loss - BlackDoctor

Final day of public viewing for late Shahine Robinson

The public viewing of the casket of former Minister of Labour and Social Security, Shahine Robinson, ends today with members of the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Andrew Holness at Jamaica Labour Party headquarters in St

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Compassion & Choices prepares people for the end

The arrival of COVID-19 has given people a renewed consciousness of their own mortality and raised the relevancy of end-of-life planning, according to Samantha Trad of Compassion & Choices, the nation’s largest end-of-life advocacy

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'Look at My Baby Father': 'Black Ink Crew: Chicago' Star Ryan Henry Has Fans Lusting Over His Body In Latest Fitness Video

The “Black Ink Crew: Chicago” star made his female fans swoon with just a simple video of himself showing off his back

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Sick alone, mourning alone: COVID-19 hits the elderly and African Americans the hardest in Missouri

In April she tested positive for

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Oliver Clarke dies - Media giant passes away at home at 75

A central figure in corporate Jamaica, Clarke played a pivotal role in the establishment of the powerful Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) in 1976 and was later immortalised among its esteemed leadership over the years when he was inducted into the organisation’s Hall of Fame in

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Media mogul Oliver Clarke dies at 75

Oliver Frederick Clarke, the media mogul who stood at the helm of The Gleaner as chairman and managing director for more than four decades, has

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Nigeria Records 276 New Coronavirus Cases, 16 Deaths

Nigeria, on Tuesday, reported 276 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the new tally of confirmed cases in the country to 8, 344, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has

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Source: allAfrica.com

Growth & Jobs | Use critical illness policies to assist with financial planning, advises Tomlinson

Tomlinson said the high cost of treatment associated with caring for persons with critical illnesses has impacted many families negatively, leaving many in

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Zimbabwe: Albinism Community Calls for Government Subsidised Sunscreen Lotions

The Albinism Community in Zimbabwe has urged the government to avail subsidised sunscreen lotions as a means to protect members from possible cancer and related

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Source: allAfrica.com

They Were Cleaning Up One Of America's Most Polluted Neighborhoods. Then Came COVID-19.

The exhaust fumes from the highways surrounding her neighborhood have finally let up, and Gordon hears fewer trucks leaving the nearby Port of Oakland each day as the coronavirus pandemic reduces

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The Truth is No Longer Color Blind

The dastardly “his-storical” truth is that it’s all in plain old Black and White for the world to see, and that’s as near a reality as the distance from Minneapolis to Houston is as this potentially great nation struggles with the mounting police miscarriages, exposing continual systematic

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Douglas Jackson: Kikstart Inc. Founder, Back Home to Serve Those in Need

“They showed me that having compassion for our fellow man is something that bestows a blessing upon us,” said Jackson, 65, founder and director of Kikstart Inc., a program that provides food and educates communities on the importance of nutritional

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Largest Study of Prostate Cancer Genomics in Black Americans ids Targets for Therapies - African American News Today - EIN News

outcomes or to prevent Black Americans from benefiting from One in every six Black Americans will be diagnosed with prostate cancer tumors in Black Americans compared to European Americans, ;s outsize burden among Black Americans. Previous studies have

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A Testimony of Coping with the Confluence of Cancer, Chemo, and COVID-19

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Source: The Christian Recorder

Timely diagnosis is critical in healthcare

Unfortunately, lack of access to diagnostics leading to delay in diagnosis of potentially curable diseases is a typical scenario in many regions especially in the low and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the sub-Saharan Africa

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Source: Business Daily

Black America: How Do We Get Out of COVID-19?

That’s (according the Bureau of Labor Statistics latest figures from 2018) more than $8,045 for every man, woman, and child in this country; yet we still didn’t have enough people, equipment, or money to accommodate our healthcare and public health needs during this

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Source: The New Journal and Guide

‘The most valiant fight of my life’ - Pat Atherton’s war on cancer

Pat Atherton is a warrior fighting a war which claims casualties every day. Many survive - and Pat plans to be one of them. He shares in his own words below on how, like a bolt from the blue, he was diagnosed with cancer in August 2019 and the brave fight for his life he’s been waging ever since.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Kenyans Living Beyond Their 60s, Shows Report

Kenyans' life expectancy at birth (or how long, on average, a newborn can expect to live, if current death rates do not change unexpectedly), has increased from 50 years for men and 49 years for women to 64.4 years and 68.9 years

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Source: allAfrica.com

2 Brothers Change Minds, Will Cooperate in Smollett Case

CHICAGO (AP) — Two brothers who admitted helping actor Jussie Smollett stage a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago last year are again willing to help in the case after initially saying they were done cooperating with prosecutors, their attorney said

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Producer Chris "Big Dog" Davis on Battling Lymphoma For a Second Time While Making His Debut Album | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect

As a producer, Chris “Big Dog” Davis has worked with the likes of musical icons like Brian McKnight, George Clinton, Syleena Jonson and Will Downing, to name

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Source: BlackDoctor | Health News On Fitness, Nutrition & Weight Loss - BlackDoctor

What It’s Like to Fight Cancer During a Pandemic

I have, however, noticed upon speaking with others who are navigating the same illness waters as am I, that some people feel uncomfortable talking about their cancer simply because recounting any other health crisis feels somehow impolite given the terrible and immediate impacts of

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Kenya: COVID-19 - National Tally Rises to 3,594 After 137 More Test Positive

He said that the number of samples tested so far stands at 115, 336, adding that Nyeri has nine persons infected by the virus including three health workers who contracted the disease from a patient who died after undergoing surgery

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Source: allAfrica.com

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