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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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Minorities wanted for COVID-19 testing
In addition, sterilizing Native American women without their consent, and the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, led to a justifiable fear and luck of trust by people of color regarding clinical trial participation in the
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Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847–1919, American woman-suffrage leader, b. England. She emigrated (1851) to the United States in early childhood and grew up on a farm in Michigan. She received a degree in theology (1878) and one in medicine (1885) from Boston Univ. Although the Methodist Episcopal Church
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Tanzania: Don't Blame Me for Any COVID-19 Deaths - Museveni
Kampala — President Museveni has said that he and his government have played their part in containing the spread of Coronavirus, and can no longer take the blame if Ugandans start dying of
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Hastings Kamuzu Banda
Hastings Kamuzu Banda , (born c. 1898, near Kasungu, British Central Africa Protectorate [now Malawi]—died Nov. 25, 1997, Johannesburg, S.Af.), first president of Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) and the principal leader of the Malawi nationalist movement. He governed Malawi from 1963 to
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Delany, Martin Robinson
Delany, Martin Robinson dəlā´nē [key], 1812–85, American black leader, b. Charles Town, Va. (now in West Virginia). The son of free blacks, he attended a black school in Pittsburgh and studied medicine at Harvard. He emphasized the practical aspects of black problems. Taking up the cause of
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Roudanez, Louis Charles (1823-1890)
Physician and newspaper publisher, Louis Charles Roudanez was born free in June of 1823 in Saint James Parish, Louisiana. He was the son of a French merchant named Louis Roudanez and a black woman named Aimée Potens. Though his baptismal record registers him as white, Roudanez identified as
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Cameroon: Social Media Used to Fight Misinformation
Cameroon’s  digital  first responders have taken to social media to  counteract the
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Africa Asked to Reverse Effects of COVID-019 On Continent
The most efficient way for Africa to reverse the effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and prepare for any future pandemic is to assert its independence in economic, scientific and political terms, Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has
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Why are African Americans more at risk for COVID-19?
In Louisiana, where a third of the population is black, a staggering 70 percent of corona virus victims are African
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Howard University
Howard University (HU or simply Howard) is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university (HBCU) in Washington, D.C. It is recognized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with high research activity and is accredited by the Middle States
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NDEGWA: What Africa must do to bridge digital divide
What Africa must do to bridge digital divide
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Abbott, Anderson Ruffin (1837-1913)
Anderson Ruffin Abbott, Canada’s first black doctor, was born April 7, 1837 in Toronto, Ontario.  He was the son of free black property owners William Ruffin Abbott and his wife Ellen (Toyer) Abbott who left Alabama after their store had been destroyed.  They settled briefly in New York until
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AP FACT CHECK: Faulty Trump claims on virus drug, vote fraud | The Atlanta Voice
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Herb man touts COVID cure
MEDICINAL herb practitioner Carlton Bennett is calling on his fellow Jamaicans to embrace herbal medicine as a preventative and curative measure for COVID-19 and every other kind of
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James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones is an American actor who is well known for an array of notable characters he has played in his movies. He was born in January 1931 to Robert Earl and Ruth Jones in Arkabutla, Mississippi. His father was an actor, boxer, butler, and chauffeur who left the family shortly after his
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Nigeria: Report - Nigerians Experience Income Drop After Lockdown
A recent survey carried out by FinMark Trust through the i2i initiative, in partnership with EFInA, reveals that some Nigerian households are beginning to experience reduced income, lower food consumption, and reduced access to financial and health services following the onset of the COVID-19
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ASK DR. KEVIN: An Unfamiliar, Rare Disease Associated with Heart Failure in African Americans
By Dr. Kevin Williams , The Chief Medical Officer for Rare Disease at Pfizer
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Contact tracing: What it is, why it’s done, and is it private?
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Covid-19 breakthrough: SA in good position to immediately roll out dexamethasone
The national Department of Health says South Africa is in a "favourable" position to immediately roll out dexamethasone to all seriously ill Covid-19
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Africa: Some Lessons From the History of Epidemics in Africa
The history of endemic diseases, epidemics and pandemics in Africa shows, contrary to a stubborn belief, that the continent has had a long experience of biomedicine - its theory, techniques, and modes of
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Africa: Better Access to Stories Can Improve Adolescent Lives in Africa
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Assess your risk level when making Father’s Day plans
One way to modify your Father’s Day celebrations is to limit the number of people who are joining if the celebration is taking place in person, Kulkarni
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8-y-o battles on after suffering three strokes
HANNAHLISA HALL is just eight years old but she is a battle-hardened soldier who has survived three
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Imhotep was a priest and high government official of Egyptian Third Dynasty king Djoser. Imhotep designed Djosers tomb, a step pyramid in Saqqara thats considered the worlds oldest stone building. Imhoteps work predates reliable records, but modern scholarship puts Djosers reign around 2640
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California freelancer reforms under the microscope
“California is radioactive,” said Karen Anderson, founder of the Facebook group “Freelancers Against AB5,” a protest group aiming to repeal a state law classifying most California freelancers as employees in order to guarantee certain job
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Uganda: Women Fear Food Shortages Will Make Coronavirus and HIV a Deadly Mix
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Fourth of July could create 'the perfect storm' for spreading coronavirus, infectious disease doctor warns | The Atlanta Voice
As the Fourth of July weekend nears, an infectious disease doctor said the United States could be heading into “the perfect storm” for a spike in new coronavirus
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Kenya: Jubilee Vows to Crack Whip on Errant MPs
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