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The county’s public health director said that measures such as social distancing and wearing face coverings have slowed the spread of the illness, but with more businesses opening and the weather improving, Barbara Ferrer warned against residents gathering with friends and family, but recognized
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County sets goal of reopening local economy by July 4
LOS ANGELES — On a day the county reported more than 70 coronavirus deaths, Los Angeles County officials announced a goal of achieving a “safe reopening” of the local economy as early as July
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KAA: Passenger flights won’t resume soon
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has denied that it plans to resume passenger flight operations at the Jomo Kenyatta International
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Junk food ads on TV tend to target African-American and Latino youth
One way to fight health disparities and obesity may be to turn off the TV. Food companies disproportionately target television advertising for unhealthy products like candy and sugary drinks to Latino and African-American youth, new research
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Lawmakers Call Out The Higher Risk To People Of Color As States Reopen
Democratic Reps. Karen Bass (Calif.) and Ruben Gallego (Ariz.) are joining the many activists and journalists of color drawing attention to how states reopening businesses too soon amid the coronavirus pandemic are likely placing workers of color at disproportionate
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Zimbabwe: Internet Access a Human Right - Misa
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe has launched a campaign urging the telecommunications regulator to reduce internet charges, saying recent increases in data violate fundamental human rights to access
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Liberia: Lonestar Cell MTN Gives to Communities
Liberia's leading mobile telecommunications provider, Lonestar Cell MTN has completed week-long donations in several communities in Montserrado County, one of the 15 political sub-divisions of
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Amadou Toumani Touré , byname ATT (born November 4, 1948, Mopti, French Sudan [now in Mali]), Malian politician and military leader who twice led his country. He served as interim president (1991–92) after a coup and was elected president in 2002. In March 2012 he was deposed in a military
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1.6 million dollars will be allocated towards rental assistance for the Los Angeles areas in the First District.
Thursday, May 14, The Los Angeles Operation Center shared news surrounding the adjustments made in the COVID-19 recovery
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Kenya: Curfew and Travel Rules Set for Review
The government plans to review security measures put in place to control the spread of Covid-19 this
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NFL Announces New Rules To Tackle Lack Of Diversity In Its Coaching, Executive Ranks
NFL Announces New Rules To Tackle Lack Of Diversity In Its Coaching, Executive Ranks
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Coronavirus Update: Economy or Public Health? Reopening States During the Pandemic Has Polarized Us
As the U.S. experiences increases in the numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths, leaders remain divided on how to define and implement the way business and life should be conducted going
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Kenya: COVID-19 - Turkana Residents Use Cow Urine As Sanitiser
The residents are using urine from a female cattle to disinfect their hands after the Ministry of Health issued a number of directives on how to keep the virus at
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Women at Risk as COVID-19 Strikes State Prisons in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties | Black Voice News
Across California there are at minimum 436 incarcerated persons—men and women—confined and struggling to stay alive with active cases of
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Uganda
The National Resistance Army (NRA), an anti-Obote group led by Yoweri Museveni, kept fighting after it had been excluded from the new regime. It seized Kampala on Jan. 29, 1986, and Museveni was declared president. Museveni has transformed the ruins of Idi Amin and Milton Obotes Uganda into an
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Adventure ship workers touch soil today
After weeks of voyaging on the high seas as high-level negotiations dragged on between the Government of Jamaica and their employers, the more than 1,000 Jamaican cruise ship workers who sailed into the Falmouth Pier on Tuesday will finally set foot on local soil
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TEXAS RAMPS UP COVID-19 TESTING
Governor Abbott, CVS Health Announce 44 New COVID-19 Drive-Thru Test Sites In Texas
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National Parents Union Releases Its Family Bill Of Rights To Ensure An Equity-Infused Education Recovery (press release)
National survey finds eight-in-10 parents want schools to require students and staff members who have been exposed to COVID-19 to stay home for two weeks before returning to the classroom; more than half would not send their children if this measure isn’t taken
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Africa: Coronavirus Holds Up a Mirror to Hidden Gaslighting Abuse
It's like living in a gaslight culture, a term coined nearly a century ago to describe a kind of psychological manipulation or abuse of people - particularly of
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Kroger Health launches free COVID-19 testing sites in DFW Metroplex
Kroger Health, the health care division of The Kroger Co., recently announced plans to expand its drive-thru COVID-19 testing
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Uganda: Adolescents in Eastern Uganda Risk Becoming Obese, New Study Suggests
A study conducted by researchers at the School of Public Health Makerere University, has revealed that adolescents in eastern part of the country consume a lot of fats and oils and thus are at a risk of becoming overweight and obese along the life
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World Health Organization guidelines state in part that a Covid-19 patient who dies should be documented as a Covid
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Tanzanian Doctors Sound Alarm Over Hidden Coronavirus Cases
The Tanzanian government's tepid response to COVID-19 and seeming lack of transparency over coronavirus cases is fuelling concern that it is covering up the true extent of the pandemic, according to doctors and health experts in the East African
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Howard University Opens Free COVID-19 Testing Site For Underserved Communities
The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected the Black community and Howard University is stepping up to ensure that vulnerable groups in Washington, D.C. have access to adequate testing and resources amid the public health
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Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across the Continent Exceed 88 Thousand
South Africa has the most reported cases – 16,433, with deaths numbering
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READ: Former President Barack Obama's 'Graduate Together' speech | The Atlanta Voice
Some of you have had to overcome serious obstacles along the way, whether it was an illness, or a parent losing a job, or living in a neighborhood where people too often count you
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L.A. County Launches ‘WiFi Finder’ to Reduce Digital Divide During COVID-19.
Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer shared the latest statistics of positive cases and death
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When Ramona Hood achieved her milestone appointment as president and CEO of FedEx’s Custom Critical after a three-decade career with the company, the accomplished executive never fathomed she would lead the division in the throes of
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