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EMTs: No place for us in crash emergencies

The Jamaica Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (JAEMTs) is lobbying for its members to be among first responders on crash scenes to limit the likelihood of worsened injury or fatality. That pressure is mounting amid the collapse of...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Press Release - Severe flooding is affecting an estimated 800,000 people across a wide swathe of South Sudan, inundating homes and leaving people without adequate food, water or shelter. Many areas have been flooded since July and rising river levels are worsening the crisis.

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NYC Health + Hospitals announces success of telehealth expansion to address COVID-19 | New York Carib News

“Our priority during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic was to ensure that the City’s public healthcare system continued to provide New Yorkers the care they needed where it was safest – at home,” said NYC Health + Hospitals Senior Vice President for Ambulatory Care Ted Long, MD. “We were

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The Black New Deal | Post News Group

In Oakland, coalition of Black-led organizations was convened to address the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 and its evisceration of the Black

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MAN ABOUT TOWN: Covid rules block visit as mum’s health fails

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Meet AT&T Black Future Maker, Kenya Blane

The California-based entrepreneur is the founder of Nursing Infusion Centers of America (NICA) and owner of Infusion Partners 360. Her company has one goal: to provide stable, reliable infusion therapy services to the masses. Though many folks aren’t familiar with the term, infusion therapy is

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Richards Bay teenager recovering in hospital after drowning incident

NSRI commended Richards Bay residents Charlie Singh, Nicholas Moodley and the unidentified bystander for rescuing the teenager and Adelene Singh for raising the alarm.

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Africa's top virus deaths: Ex-Nigerian governor 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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Alaska Black Caucus working to address vaccine concerns - 680 NEWS

… says it’s working with African American medical professionals to address skepticism … for the constitutional rights of Black Americans. She cited examples of medical …

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Wellesley College exhibition celebrates Black graduates virtually - The Bay State Banner

“Seed to Harvest,” an outdoor photo exhibition at Wellesley College by artist Alexandria Smith, portrays five of the first Black graduates of the college in bold portraits. The post Wellesley College exhibition celebrates Black graduates virtually appeared first on The Bay State Banner.

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Man Treated for Hospital Ground Gunshot Injury

A man was inured early Friday when he was shot near his home in Hospital Ground on St. Thomas, according to the V.I. Police report.

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Nurses threaten sit-ins over flexi-hours scrap – NewsDay Zimbabwe

NURSES at public hospitals have threatened to stage sit-in protests to register their displeasure over government’s move to force them to work 40-hour weekly shifts after unilaterally scrapping the flexi-hours they had agreed on. By NQOBANI NDLOVU/PHILLIS MBANJE In a statement yesterday, the

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Covid-19 data: DA to appeal rejection of PAIA bid to get provincial stats from govt

The DA is expected to launch and internal appeal to get access to a provincial breakdown of Covid-19 statistics from the government, following the rejection of their Promotion of Access to Information Act

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After record COVID week, some California counties to reverse reopening plans

As COVID-19 cases in California surged past 200,000 and statewide hospitalizations continued to set all-time highs every day this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom started to tap the brakes today — urging especially hard-hit Imperial County to reinstate its stay-at-home

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Domestic workers now facing homelessness

In a survey conducted at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, black immigrant domestic workers in Boston and other cities explained the widespread unemployment and fear of losing their homes without a safety

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Congresswoman Johnson Announces $230 Million Grant to Dallas Area Rapid Transit from Federal Transit Administration through CARES Act | Afro

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced that Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is receiving $229,627,520 in Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula funds from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) through the CARES

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Ntcheu West MP pleads for ambulance | Malawi 24 - Malawi news

Member of Parliament for Ntcheu West has asked the Ministry of Health to consider providing an ambulance to Tsekera Health Centre, saying the health facility serves people from several areas. The legislator Simeon Salambula said that people in his constituency walk long distance to access medical

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Africa's top virus deaths: Veteran Congolese photo-journalist 'shutters'

While each death is reported with a sombre mood and with condolences to affected families, some of the casualties have united a country in grief, in other cases united the continent and people beyond

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Body Found On LA Beach Identified as WWE Pro Shad Gaspard

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Guyana approximately 20 years behind rest of the world in technology adaptation - Stabroek News

Dear Editor, I am neither an APNU nor PPP voter. I just want the best for our Nation regardless of the Government in power. The article Guyana approximately 20 years behind rest of the world in technology adaptation appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Uganda: Health Workers At Risk As Hospitals Run Out of Ppes

[Monitor] Health workers in public hospitals and other facilities across the country are struggling to attend to Covid-19 patients due to limited personal protective equipment (PPEs).

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NASCAR Driver Kyle Weatherman Debuts #BackTheBlue Car After Bubba Wallace Displays #BlackLivesMatter Vehicle

After NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace debuted a “Black Lives Matter” design on his racecar several weeks ago, a fellow driver decided to counter that vehicle by revealing a car that represented a “Blue Lives Matter” design of his own, according to Yahoo

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‘Promote domestic funding for health’

BY PHYLLIS MBANJE HEALTH stakeholders have called on government to stop depending on external funding for the sector as it is not sustainable. Programmes such as HIV and Aids, tuberculosis, malaria are wholly funded from outside with little local contribution. “If donors pull the plug today, we

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Aurora Police Force 4 Black Girls, Including a Crying 6-Year-Old, to Lie on Hot Ground After Stopping the Wrong Vehicle: ‘I’ve Called the Family to Apologize’ – Atlanta Black Star

A troubled Colorado police department apologized after a group of Black girls were detained and forced to lie on a hot parking lot in a case of mistaken

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EDITORIAL: Scale up efforts to curb virus spread in counties

The Ministry of Health’s warning that the coronavirus disease will inevitably spread to all counties in a few weeks poses a fresh challenge to the country’s bid to contain the pandemic.

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Over 17 500 displaced in fresh Burkina violence: UN | News24

Over 17 500 people have fled their homes in jihadist-hit Burkina Faso in the last 10 days after attacks that claimed at least 45 lives, the United Nations said.

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New Car Insurance Options Start Thursday | The Michigan Chronicle

By Scott McClallen (The Center Square) – Michigan drivers will be able to opt out of unlimited personal injury protection (PIP) insurance and cut costs on their car insurance rate beginning Thursday, when an insurance reform measure goes into effect. The state enacted a no-fault insurance law in

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Tunisia Receives 25,000 Rapid Tests and 30,000 PCR Test Kits Donated By Germany and South Korea

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia, on Saturday, took delivery of 25,000 COVID-19 rapid tests and 30,000 RT-PCR test kits donated by Germany and South Korea, said Director of Public Facilities at the Health Ministry Naceur Somrani.

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PT Ambulance paramedics shaken up after rock-throwing attack in Umlazi

PT Ambulance crew narrowly escaped harm when a rock was forcefully thrown at their ambulance when it was en route to Umlazi.

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350 taxi and bus operators to be trained as first responders

Come August, 350 taxi and bus operators across Jamaica will be trained as first responders and road safety ambassadors under the Transport Operators Blue Ribbon project. President of the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (...

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