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Historic brain surgery - Woman sings through procedure at KPH as doctors remove tumour

When 49-year-old Marjorie Pearson went into surgery three weeks ago at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), it was not lost on her and the medical team that the high-risk brain procedure could go horribly

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What should the West learn from China?

Fortunately, while the COVID-19 is spreading around the world, China has achieved progress in controlling the epidemic, and has gradually resumed the economic and social operations, enabling it to free up its hands to accelerate the production of epidemic prevention materials to aid those countries

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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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Public hearing to rename streets named for KKK wizard

Dr. Gathe, who serves as the co-director of the COVID-19 Dedicated Care Unit at the United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC), said he got a call one day from Dr. Varon, and they began discussing patients they had recently seen that had been getting sick with this unusual new

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Paris Jackson Describes Pressures Of Being MJ’s Daughter In New Facebook Series

Paris Jackson is giving fans an inside look into her life via a new Facebook Watch

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Gov. Greg Abbott bans elective surgeries in four South Texas counties to preserve hospital capacity | Dallas Weekly

Elective procedures are now banned in eight counties around the state — Bexar, Dallas, Harris, Travis, Cameron, Hidalgo, Nueces, and Webb

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120 more contract Covid-19 in Kenya

A hundred and twenty more people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Kenya, raising the country’s total number of confirmed cases since March 13 to

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Source: The East African

Netflix CEO, Wife Donate $120M to HBCUs

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin recently announced that they will donate $40 million each to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and Spelman and Morehouse colleges, two historically Black institutions in

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Source: The Washington Informer

Lone Star College-Houston North, Comcast provide free internet access to students during pandemic

HOUSTON – Lone Star College-Houston North and Comcast’s Houston Region have announced a business partnership to provide free internet access to approximately 200 LSC-Houston North students and families in

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Uganda unveils seven new cities

From a single city, created at independence in 1962, Ugandans in seven more towns woke up Wednesday as city dwellers, as the government plan to create secondary cities took

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Source: The East African

JPMorgan Chase Launches New Online Series For Recent Graduates

JPMorgan Chase Launches Advancing Black Pathways Career Readiness Series With corporations have made pledges and announced initiatives aimed toward marginalized voices and underserved

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At least 580 civilians killed this year in central Mali - UN

Unrest in central Mali, plagued by jihadist attacks and inter-community violence, has killed 580 civilians so far this year, the United Nations said on

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Coronavirus claims the life of Black biologist, Lynika Strozier

Before she was an adjunct professor at Malcolm X College and collections associate at the Field Museum in Chicago, Angela was a little girl who was raised mostly by her grandmother, Sharon

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Morehouse Cancels Fall Sports Due to Ongoing Pandemic

Morehouse – the famed, historically Black college in Atlanta – recently announced that it is canceling its fall sports, including its 2020 football season, due to the ongoing COVID-19

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Bryson Tiller Celebrates Getting His High School Diploma at Age 27

It’s often been said: You’re never too old to finish your education, which Bryson Tiller just showed, even to himself after saying once he’d never go back to

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MPUTHIA: Upholding ethics, human rights in biomedical study

Upholding ethics, human rights in biomedical study

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'Why are you black?' - Eton headmaster apologizes to its first black student Onyeama for racism

The first ever black student at the prestigious Eton College, Dillibe Onyeama, has received an apology from the current headmaster of the college after 50 years of being banned from the school

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Dust smothers Trinidad & Tobago

(Trinidad Express) THE Saharan dust plume that crossed the Atlantic Ocean from west Africa is smothering islands in the Caribbean, including Trinidad and

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Coronavirus Update: Black Mistrust of Medical Institutions Run Deep, Causing Concern Among Covid-19 Researchers

Without Black participants in trials, a Covid-19 vaccine will not work in African

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Source: Black America Web

The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—KARSON A. KENNEDY, Central Catholic High School

The New Pittsburgh Courier congratulates Class of 2020 member Karson A. Kennedy, as he graduated from Central Catholic High School.

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Man sues Georgia police for excessive use of force after wrongfully arresting him | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Antonio Arnelo Smith, 47, filed a federal suit Friday alleging that Valdosta, Georgia, police officers injured him after body slamming him, and violated his civil rights when they wrongly detained him after identifying him as a suspect in a panhandling

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Abandoned Baby Becomes Cell Phone Tech Mogul | Afro

Rescued at two days old by retirement-age couple Nathan and Edith Figgers, Freddie was raised as one of their

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

COMMENTARY: Real Table Talk

Wash your hands frequently and after touching common areas, follow shelter-in-place orders and travel restrictions, cough in the crook of your elbow, keep your hands away from your face, and call your health care provider if you feel

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One horrifying way COVID-19 could affect you for years, warn doctors

Now, medical experts are raising concern over COVID-19 survivors developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that could affect them for years—and that the medical community should be prepared to deal with the care demands it will

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White Driver Screaming ‘I Hang Ni**ers’ At Black Woman In Viral Video Is Under Investigation

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NFL star Ziggy Ansah enstooled as chief in Ghana [Photos]

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Greenleaf: OWN Network Hit is the Number One Cable Telecast for Women 25-54

Dr. Gathe, who serves as the co-director of the COVID-19 Dedicated Care Unit at the United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC), said he got a call one day from Dr. Varon, and they began discussing patients they had recently seen that had been getting sick with this unusual new

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Dak Prescott Signs With Dallas | Dallas Weekly

The Dallas Cowboys has officially signed Dak Prescott to a one year, $31.4 million

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Survey: Children missing well child check-ups, vaccinations due to COVID-19

Legacy Community Health conducted an online survey among parents and guardians of pediatric patients between 04/27/2020 and 05/15/2020 following Harris County’s stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19

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