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US firm’s vaccine shows promise in first phase
A Covid-19 vaccine that has been developed by an American biotechnology company has been found to be safe and able to stimulate an immune response in the humans against the virus, its manufacturer, Moderna, announced on
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A US Recession Began in February in the Face of Coronavirus | Afro
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy entered a recession in February as the coronavirus struck the nation, a group of economists declared Monday, ending the longest expansion on
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Covid-19: Global tensions simmer over race for vaccine
Global tensions simmered over the race for a coronavirus vaccine Thursday, as the United States and China traded jabs, and France slammed pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi for suggesting the US would get any eventual vaccine
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COVID-19 layoffs in US nearly 39 million
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits in the two months since the coronavirus took hold in the US has swelled to nearly 39 million, the Government reported yesterday, even as states from coast to coast gradually reopen their economies and
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Coronavirus Update: Black Churches Nationwide Are Losing Their Leaders to COVID-19
A recent ABC News analysis of coronavirus deaths found that many African American faith leaders have lost their
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US autoworkers return, while possible vaccine shows promise
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — More than 130,000 autoworkers returned to factories across the U.S. for the first time in nearly two months Monday in one of the biggest steps yet to restart American industry, while an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus yielded encouraging results in a small and
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Long-term effects of pandemic look dire, experts warn
Osterholm, who has been one of the national “go to” experts on COVID-19, said he expects the virus to continue to infect Americans until either a vaccine is developed and widely available or until more than 60% of Americans have been
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If there were a vaccine to protect against covid-19, would you get it? (Part 1)
Black people are trapped between a rock and a hard place when it comes to medical
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Ellis: Remember the Most Vulnerable During the Pandemic
At this point, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that 78 percent people admitted into intensive care for COVID-19 had at least one underlying chronic
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Ghana coronavirus: 7,303 cases, voter registration to proceed - EC
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Report: 25% of African Americans Plan On Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine
Despite this fact, a new poll shows many won’t be getting a vaccine once it becomes
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South Africa reports resurgence of African swine fever
South Africa has detected cases of African Swine Fever in the Eastern Cape
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Deadlocked Congress Shifts Virus Focus To Small Business Aid | Afro
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Keith L. Black, M.D. – A Trailblazer Inspiring the Next Generation of Neurosurgeons
Bursting with excitement, about 135 seventh- and eighth-graders gathered in a conference room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and listened intently to a speech that could end up shaping their young
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Eviction Moratoriums Will Keep Up the Pressure, but We Still Need Long-Term Rental Assistance
Until a vaccine is developed for COVID-19, staying safer at home will be one of the best things we can do for the health of our families and our communities But for far too many families, a safe and stable place to call home is out of
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Nigeria: Decline in Non-COVID-19 Ailment Consultation in Hospitals Worries Govt
The federal government also said wearing face masks in public places is compulsory, going by the COVID-19 regulations signed by President Muhammadu Buhari, pursuant to Quarantine
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COMMENTARY: COVID-19 – My Personal Battle | Dallas Weekly
The nurse on duty called to inform me that my mom had stopped breathing and had slipped into
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Africa: Controls to Manage Fake News in Africa Are Affecting Freedom of Expression
Even before COVID-19, many African countries used libel and defamation laws, and internet shut downs to limit the freedom of expression of citizens and the
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Facing the coronavirus, still haunted by Ebola
We don't talk much about her early life in Sierra Leone, when 3,956 people died during the Ebola epidemic from 2014 to
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COMMENTARY: COVID-19 — My Personal Battle from a Positive to a Negative Result
A few days after my call with Rep. Reynolds, I received a call on my cell phone from U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on Wednesday, March
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Guyana to benefit from UK COVID-19 aid to PAHO
Washington D.C., May 22, 2020 (PAHO)— The United Kingdom has agreed to contribute 3 million Pounds (USD $3.8 m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help eight countries of the Caribbean – Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent
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Harris County stay-at-home order extended, despite state preemption
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo on Thursday announced the extension of the county’s stay-at-home order, even as Gov. Greg Abbott lifted such restrictions in the state and superseded most local
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Durkan Announces Free Citywide COVID-19 Testing
Following King County’s application to advance to a modified phase one in Governor Inslee’s updated “Safe Start Washington” plan, Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan announced today, the launch of free Citywide testing at two locations in north and south
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Nigeria coronavirus: 8,915 cases, WHO trials, Trump's ventilators
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Africa: U.S. - What Virus? COVID Who?
The United States is easing out of lockdown, but many citizens appear unaware of this as they flock to bars and restaurants in some
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Coronavirus crisis is frightening for White folk, scarier still...
CNN Health reported on May 9, “Black Americans represent 13.4% of the U.S. population…but counties with higher Black populations account for more than half of all COVID-19 cases and almost 60% of the
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Ghana coronavirus: 5,735 cases, prez fact-checked on testing ‘record’
May 17: 5,735 cases, prez fact-checked on testing
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