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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announces 5-phase plan to reopen Atlanta
ATLANTA—Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the City’s five-phased reopening plan, drawn from the recommendations of the Mayor’s Advisory Council for Reopening
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“The COVID 19 pandemic has aggravated the existing conditions for women, who are discriminated against in all sectors,” said Dr. Beatrice Duncan, Policy Advisor, Rule of Law, UN Women, at a May 22 briefing organized by Ethnic Media
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HANNAHLISA HALL is just eight years old but she is a battle-hardened soldier who has survived three
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Derby’s Dose: Deplorable & Sickening Form of Torture Used to Punish Slaves in Jamaica
Derby’s Dose: Deplorable & Sickening Form of Torture Used to Punish Slaves in Jamaica
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Magufuli sacks health deputy minister
Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has appointed Dr Godwin Mollel as the new deputy minister for Health after sacking Dr Faustine
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medicine pioner, Theodore Lawless, born, 1892
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Gilead's $2,340 Price For Coronavirus Drug Draws Criticism
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
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John Edward West Thompson was an African American non-career diplomat. He served as U.S. Minister Resident/Consul General to Haiti from June 30, 1885 to October 17, 1889. Thompson simultaneously served as U.S. Chargé dAffaires to Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic) from 1885 to
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The life and legacy of Charles Drew, the African American doctor who pioneered blood banks
An experimental procedure that transfers blood plasma from a coronavirus survivor into the bloodstream of a patient still battling the disease is among the most promising treatments amid the
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Ramona Hood: Journey from Receptionist to First Black FedEx Division CEO
“I didn’t anticipate incorporating COVID-19 plans into my first 90 days as CEO of FedEx Custom Critical, but I’m thankful for our team members who have risen to the challenge to keep us operating and serving our customers,” she
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Nok Art - The Earliest Sculptural Art in West Africa
Nok art refers to huge human, animal and other figures made out of terracotta pottery, found throughout Nigeria. They represent the earliest sculptural art in West Africa, dated between 500 BC and AD 500; and they co-occur with the earliest evidence of iron smelting in Africa south of the Sahara
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NIH study links cigarette smoking to higher stroke risk in African Americans
African Americans who smoke are nearly 2.5 times more likely to have a stroke than those who never smoked, while former smokers show a similarly lower risk as never smokers, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of
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Fight On! Atlanta’s ZuCot Gallery Showcases New Book Singing the History of African American Spirituals
/EIN News/ -- ATLANTA, June 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZuCot Gallery, one of the nation’s premier galleries highlighting the works of acclaimed African-American artists, is celebrating the release of the new book, Fight On, which visually expresses the story of the African American spirituals
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Jamaican medical student in Cuba readies for Spanish Town Hospital mission
THOUGH restricted in movement by the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuba-based Jamaican medical student Oraine Darren Lynch is biding his time, as he prepares for a final-round push towards a mission that will decide his
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ECOWAS denies endorsing Madagascar's Covid-Organics [Morning Call]
On Nigeria’s PUNCH newspaper, the bold headline- ECOWAS denies endorsing any herbal drug for
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In March, Dr. Cynthia Kudji Sylvester, and Dr. Jasmine Kudji made headlines for becoming “the first mother and daughter to attend medical school at the same time and match at the same institution,” according to Kudji Sylvester’s Medical
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announces 5-phase plan to reopen Atlanta
ATLANTA—Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the City’s five-phased reopening plan, drawn from the recommendations of the Mayor’s Advisory Council for Reopening
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List of African-American inventors and scientists
This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives. These have ranged from practical everyday devices to applications and scientific discoveries in diverse
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Black High School Senior Makes History, Gets Accepted into All 8 Ivy League Schools
Springfield, MA — Roberta Hannah, an 18-year old senior at Springfield High School of Science and Technology in Massachusetts, has made history after being accepted into all of the 8 Ivy League
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Lockdown: This is government's new plan to allow students back on campuses
Among some of the major announcements were that National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) students would receive 10GB free data from June through to August; all students and staff members returning to campuses will be screened upon entry; and one third of students will be allowed back on
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Ellis: Up your Health Literacy Game
Do you understand what’s going on with all the research for COVID-19 vaccines and
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Zimbabwe: NatPharm Bosses Arrested, Appear in Court
Sifeku and Mwaramba are alleged to have fast-tracked the awarding of a tender to Drax Consult SAGL to supply the medicines and surgical
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Registered Venezuelans want more time in Trinidad & Tobago
(Trinidad Guardian) It’s been a little more than a year since Venezuelan migrants were registered allowing them to live and work in Trinidad
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4 die in new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
DR Congo on Monday reported a fresh Ebola outbreak in the country's northwest, just weeks before it hoped to declare the end of another epidemic in the
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Africa: Zhao Guoping - Origin Tracing COVID-19 Challenging Task for Scientists
To identify the origin of an unknown virus, scientists need to find out the pathogen that caused the disease and the animal carrier, that is, the natural host of the virus, according to Dr Zhao Guoping, an academician of the Chinese Academy of
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Racism Is A Public Health Crisis. Ohio Wants To Declare It A Statewide Emergency.
As nationwide protests continue over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed when a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck last month, Ohio is trying to declare racism a public health
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