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Where Black Americans Will Travel Farther than Whites for COVID-19 Vaccination
Similar to the idea of "food deserts," many urban Black neighborhoods lack pharmacies, clinics, hospitals or health centers that can administer COVID-19 vaccine
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Rand report: Deal or no deal
(Partner Content) This past weekend saw tensions heighten as a possible Brexit outcome was on the table. When Monday rolled around, however, Boris Johnson was ready to walk away from everything and continue with a no-deal Brexit come the end of the year. The three main issues of fisheries, dispute
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Moderna, AstraZeneca say they have no COVID vaccines for Africa; dire times ahead - Face2Face Africa
The leading pharmaceutical companies whose medicinal breakthroughs in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic have been greeted with excitement and relief say they currently have no supplies for the continent of Africa just yet. Moderna and AstraZeneca, two of these companies, have reportedly
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Drugmakers should cut Covid-19 vaccine prices for Africa - Africa CDC | News24
Pharmaceutical companies should sell Covid-19 vaccines to African countries at discounted rates, the head of the continent's disease control body said
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D.C. Launches Paid Family Leave Program | Afro
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com During some of the most critical moments in their lives, D.C. residents won’t have to worry about sacrificing a paycheck in order to take care of themselves and family, as the District launched its Paid Family Leave program on July 1. “After five
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Pitching COVID-19 vaccines fall short without plan to fix healthcare system | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Linda Wallace - The Cultural Coach It is just another walk on just another day until my dog,Gabby, and I pass a high, wooden backyard fence, where three snarling dogs grow tired of captivity and push open the gate. The escapees head straight for Gabby, a bodacious dog who has committed the
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Google Is On A Mission To Improve Image Processing of Photos Featuring Black & Brown People
As the camera systems on smartphones drastically improve year by year, they still have one glaring issue, capturing and processing Black skin tones properly. During its I/O 2021 keynote, Google announced it was taking some steps to rectify this problem.
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Overwhelmed, More States Turn to National Guard for Vaccine Help
At least 16 states and territories are using the National Guard to give shots, drawing on doctors, nurses, medics and other troops who are skilled in administering injections.
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Morgan State University awarded $6.25M from Google and Apple | Afro
Morgan State University, Maryland’s Preeminent Public Urban Research University, today announced two significant grants totaling $6.25 million from leading big tech companies, Apple and Google. Aiming to foster equity in computing education and tech proficiencies at historically black colleges and
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Relax! Tru Facts on the Vax | Afro
Johns Hopkins Medicine with their Managed Care Organization, Priority Partners is sponsoring Relax! Tru Facts on the Vax A light and entertaining discussion held dispelling common (and not so common) misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine, disease and pandemic with musical
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Health care equipment shortages lead to innovation, conflict | Afro
At one point, more than 30% of U.S. healthcare workers had two weeks of N95 face masks, considered the standard for protection,  remaining, and 22% had none at all, according to GetUsPPE.org, a grassroots organization working to source personal protective equipment for U.S. healthcare
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What we know - and don't know - about Russia's 'Sputnik V' vaccine - L.A. Focus Newspaper
President Vladimir Putin says his own daughter has already received it, but testing is yet to be completed and experts are skeptical about how quickly the vaccine has been
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Military Seeking Technology To Detect Virus | Muslim Journal
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Africa: How Africa Is Leading From Behind in Global Coronavirus Vaccine Race
[Premium Times] Most African countries, including Nigeria, are banking on benefitting from the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Assess Facility, or Covax, the World Health Organization-backed programme
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Africa: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Pledges $1.6 billion to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to Protect the Next Generation With Lifesaving Vaccines
The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a five-year, US$1.6 billion commitment to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to deliver lifesaving vaccines to the world's poorest
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Google Might Be Working To Compete With Apple’s Device-locating Network – The Wilmington Journal
WASHINGTON — American technology giant Google might be working on turning Android phones into a hivemind capable of finding lost devices, similar to iPhone maker Apple’s Find My network. A toggle for this new feature recently [...]
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Systemic Racism & Health Care: Building Black Confidence in the COVID-19 Vaccine
… Jim Crow laws affecting African Americans' ability to receive … — and watched these African American men die, and give … Henrietta Lacks was an African American woman who thought she … to news reports where African Americans are presenting themselves to …
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'Not safe to reopen schools,' warn headteachers
Kenya Primary School Heads Association (Kepsha) chairperson Nicholas Gathemia in a presentation to the Covid-19 Education Response Committee chaired by Dr Sara Ruto also want national examinations be rescheduled to later dates when candidates are adequately
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Hospitals across state to receive next vaccine batch – Daytona Times
BY CHRISTINE SEXTON NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE – About 180 hospitals across the state will have access to COVID-19 vaccines as of next week, Florida’s emergency management chief said Tuesday. Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz said five hospitals that received
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Tourism sector took $76-b hit from COVID-19 in 2020
MINISTER of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says that the tourism sector, Jamaica's second-largest earner of foreign exchange, ended 2020 with an estimated loss of $76 billion because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Kagame's son appointed to board of Rwanda's investment agency
A son of President Paul Kagame has been appointed to the board of the Rwanda Development
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DMX hospitalized after reported overdose | Afro
By AFRO Staff Hip-hop great DMX has been hospitalized in grave condition after an apparent drug overdose, according to TMZ. The 50-year-old was rushed to a White Plains, N.Y., hospital at about 11 p.m. on April 2 after suffering a heart attack caused by the ingestion of drugs, the outlet
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Nigeria: PDP Asks INEC to Deregister Ruling APC
[Daily Trust] The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and recall its certificate of registration given that it allegedly has no operational structures as required by law.
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Manufacturers get grant to consider feasibility of log yard - Stabroek News
The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), on 1st September 2020, signed an agreement for a $6M grant which will be used to determine the feasibility of establishing a Consolidated Log Yard (CLY) operation in
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Malawi: State Drops Charges Against 4 Suspected Reserve Bank of Malawi Fraud
The State has dropped criminal charges against four central bankers suspected to have connived with former Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) manager, Charles Ezra July Mchakulu and three others, to steal K340 million from the central
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Letter to the Editor: Support The For The People Act | Afro
Dear Editor, For far too long, inequity has corrupted our democracy. It is time for all Americans to stand up and demand an expansion of voting rights, limits to big money in politics, and accountability by ending gerrymandering. This is why I support the For The People Act. The For The People Act
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Last Call: Help Grant $25,000 to HBCU Grads | Afro
Last month TBS launched its first-ever interactive TBS HBCU Cash Out™ social media contest with actors Lance Gross (Star, MacGyver) and Keshia Knight Pulliam (The Cosby Show, House of Payne), and Monday, March 8 is the last day for entries! For a sneak peek at some of the entries to date, please
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Afro e-Edition 7-3-2021 | Afro
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Health care equipment shortages lead to innovation, conflict
At one point, more than 30% of U.S. healthcare workers had two weeks of N95 face masks, considered the standard for protection,  remaining, and 22% had none at all, according to GetUsPPE.org, a grassroots organization working to source personal protective equipment for U.S. healthcare
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Balkans feel abandoned as vaccinations kick off in Europe - Black News Channel
By SABINA NIKSIC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — When thousands of people across the European Union began rolling up their sleeves last month to get a coronavirus vaccination shot, one corner of the continent was left behind, feeling isolated and
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