BlackFacts Details

The Latest: Dr. Fauci: Public health safeguards slow virus - Black News Channel

By The Associated Press undefined WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci says even if the coronavirus is around for decades, public health safeguards and an eventual vaccine will allow the world to successfully adapt. The government's leading infectious disease expert was asked about whether the coronavirus could become a fact of life for generations. Fauci says the combination of public health measures — masks, hand washing, social distancing — and vaccines should mean that 'you can very well control and essentially eliminate (the coronavirus) from any given country.' He added: 'Remember, there's only been one virus in the history of the […]

The post The Latest: Dr. Fauci: Public health safeguards slow virus appeared first on Black News Channel.

Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel
Signs It’s Time To Move On To A New Job (Even In The Midst Of The Pandemic)
While we would certainly hate to see the trio part ways, we understand the importance of recognizing when it’s time to move on from
Read more
Source: MadameNoire
Block party that drew thousands puts community, law enforcement at odds –
A series of block parties last weekend in DeLand, a city in Volusia County, drew large crowds resulted in clashes between law enforcement and
Read more
Source: Florida Courier
AMHVoices: Ziyambi, don’t be that heartless
Well, the three may have a case to answer regarding the flash demonstration, but what concerns me is the fact that the minister refused to answer a simple question he had been asked about what is being done to investigate their
Read more
Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Call for financial safety net for vulnerable workers
WITH thousands left reeling from sudden layoffs and redundancies in Jamaica and across the Caribbean as businesses try to weather the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, a call is being made for an unemployment insurance scheme, a living wage policy and legislation to protect contract
Read more
Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Sponsored by Intellitech
Algerians find smartphones are a lockdown essential | Afro
Since the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic, smartphones have become increasingly popular in Algeria, as many people across the country use their time in lockdown to connect with each other and the outside world, new research
Read more
Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Sponsored by Prospanica Boston Professional Chapter
Evers outlines $1.17B plan to combat spread of coronavirus
Evers said the money will be used for coronavirus testing, contact tracking, emergency operations, buying medical supplies and for local
Read more
Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always
Hoteliers back pretesting of tourists
Pitching a working timeline of four to six weeks for the reopening of the tourism industry, the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) says it fully supports the pretesting of
Read more
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Sponsored by Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA)
As US edges toward reopening, a mixed picture takes shape
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) — Efforts across the United States to reopen the economy after the long novel coronavirus-related lockdown produced a decidedly mixed picture yesterday as thousands flocked to beaches on a holiday weekend, but some churches defied the president's insistence that
Read more
Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Kadewere's UCL dream still alive
WARRIORS striker Tino Kadewere’s hopes of playing in the Uefa Champions League next season received a blow on Friday, but the expected return to La Liga action in Spain has given Lyon a glimmer of hope that they can fight for their place in Europe’s premier club
Read more
Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Indonesian leader in ‘Trump-like’ fight with governors
But while it is states’ governors and not President Donald Trump who have the final say in imposing and ending lockdowns and “shelter in place” orders in the U.S., in Indonesia, Widodo makes the call, which has the governors of the 34 provinces in the country up in
Read more
Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper
Sponsored by Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies
Benjamin Spencer becomes the first Black dean of America’s oldest law school
A. Benjamin Spencer has made history by becoming the new dean of the oldest law school in America – The William & Mary Law
Read more
Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice
In Fight Against Virus, South Africa Expects a Long Wait | Afro
The country with the continent’s most developed economy also has its highest number of confirmed infections — more than 21,000, representing 20% of
Read more
Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Grave ‘increasingly confident’ series will go ahead
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies chief executive, Johnny Grave, says he is “increasingly confident” the Test tour of England will come off, noting that a final decision will likely be made at Thursday’s meeting of
Read more
Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Sponsored by BARBinc
Tivoli incursion - ten years on | Gary Spaulding cried, ‘Yuh gwine mek dem kill wi!’
I realised it was the Hannah Town Police Station ... , and I said to Gary, ‘I’m going over
Read more
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Sponsored by Intellitech
US faces Memorial Day like no other under virus restrictions | The Atlanta Voice
Americans marked a Memorial Day like no other Monday as the coronavirus pandemic upended traditional commemorations and forced communities to honor the nation’s military dead with smaller, more subdued ceremonies like car convoys and online tributes instead of
Read more
Source: The Atlanta Voice
Algerians find smartphones are a lockdown essential
Since the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic, smartphones have become increasingly popular in Algeria, as many people across the country use their time in lockdown to connect with each other and the outside world, new research
Read more
Source: South Florida Times
Rwanda has enlisted anti-epidemic robots in its fight against coronavirus | The Atlanta Voice
The robots were donated by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to the Kanyinya treatment center that treats Covid-19 patients in the capital
Read more
Source: The Atlanta Voice
Donnie McClurkin Calls Trump’s Decision to Reopen Churches ‘reckless’ – Free Press of Jacksonville
American gospel music legend and Pastor Donnie McClurkin has faulted Donald Trump’s decision to reopen church buildings, saying the initiative is a “calculated” move by the head of state to win political favor from the faith-based community without regard to their
Read more
Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
Nation’s smallest small businesses get left behind during COVID-19 | Afro
In late March, Congress approved the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, known as the CARES Act, setting aside $376 billion in funding for American workers and small
Read more
Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority-0
Desperate Indian girl bikes 745 miles home with disabled dad
NEW DELHI, India (AP) — From her village in eastern India, 15-year-old Jyoti Kumari reflected on her desperate 1,200-kilometre (745-mile) bicycle journey home with her disabled father that has drawn international
Read more
Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
China says virus pushing US ties to brink of 'Cold War'
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China said yesterday that relations with the United States were “on the brink of a new Cold War”, fuelled in part by tensions over the new coronavirus pandemic that has killed nearly 350,000 people worldwide and pitched the global economy into a massive
Read more
Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Guyanese cricketers stranded in TT expected to return
With over 300 confirmed Guyanese stranded overseas during the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, four cricketers stranded in Trinidad and Tobago are expected to be reunited with their families at
Read more
Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
DeSantis now blames user error for Florida unemployment woes –
As if getting laid off isn’t scary enough, as if getting put through the unemployment wringer isn’t humiliating and frustrating enough, Gov. Ron DeSantis has decided to start blaming the jobless for the state’s failure to pay
Read more
Source: Daytona Times
Africa Day: Covid-19 has multiplied SA's hardships, but continent will rise - Thandi Modise
The Covid-19 pandemic has multiplied the socio-economic hardships in our country and magnified the disparities, National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise said as she introduced a virtual public lecture on Africa Day on
Read more
Source: https://www.news24.com
Popcorn with Zenger: No one to root for in ‘All Day and a Night’
“All Day and a Night,” the latest film from Netflix, tells the story of a young black man dealing with the reality of his
Read more
Source: South Florida Times
Bulawayo gets water once a week
OPPOSITION parties have expressed anger at the government’s refusal to declare Bulawayo a water shortage area to allow council to mobilise resources to bring lasting solutions to the city’s water
Read more
Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Harris County residents can apply for free legal representation in eviction cases
Houston Volunteer Lawyers (HVL), a service of the Houston Bar Association, can help low-income individuals who may face eviction
Read more
Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source
Sponsored by Eastern Bank
OPINION | Africa Day: A continent united in its battle against Covid-19
There are a few examples that show that African institutions of higher learning and many other organisations can play their part in collectively helping fellow Africans face the pandemic
Read more
Source: https://www.news24.com
The hotel industry, like so many others, is doing everything it can to stay viable during the COVID-19 pandemic
Trish Pugal, interim CEO of the Wisconsin Hotel and Lodging Association said at the start of the pandemic, 18,000 hotel and lodging employees were
Read more
Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always
Sponsored by New York University
Op-Ed: On Memorial Day weekend, Trump shows his true self | The Atlanta Voice
On the other hand, as we watch the president stagger through the Covid-19 emergency, golfing as The New York Times prepared to publish a roster of the dead, we should consider that the cruelty, the arrogance, the rage and deviance are not an
Read more
Source: The Atlanta Voice
Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School

Spirituality Facts

Kids 2 Kings Comic Book Preview

Lifestyle Facts