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Dr. Louis T. Wright (1891-1952), a Harvard Medical School graduate in 1915 and a leading 20th century Black physician, pioneered in the struggle of adequate health care and medical facilities until his death in 1952. His first struggle was in Boston when he was denied the opportunity to attend
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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years
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Safety issues pit nurses against United Hospital
Cliff Willmeng, a registered nurse at United Hospital in St. Paul, said he was harassed by hospital management and wrongfully terminated for raising concerns about the use of scrubs and other health issues for
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Medical Director
In 1949 Dr. Charles D. Bonner (1917-1990) became the first Black physician appointed to the staff at Boston City Hospital. In 1968 he was appointed Medical Director of Youville Hospital in Cambridge. In 1979 he was elected president of the Massachusetts Heart Association. Dr. Bonner gained national
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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years
Powell, William B., Jr. (1834-1915)
William B. Powell Jr., one of the first African American physicians to receive a contract as a surgeon with the Union Army, was free born in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1834.  His father, William Powell Sr., also in the medical practice, was African American, and his mother was Native
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Jarrett, Valerie (1956- )
Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama, was born on November 14, 1956. She is a Chicago, Illinois attorney, businesswoman, and community leader most prominently known for her role as one of the three campaign co-chairs of Barack Obama’s historic 2008 presidential
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Nigeria: Clearing Backlog of Surgeries Will Take 11 Months After COVID-19 - Report
The CovidSurg Collaborative has projected that, based on a 12-week period of peak disruption to hospital services due to COVID-19, it will take 11 months to clear the backlog of surgeries that have been
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6 Black Patients Who Died From Coronavirus — After Being Denied a Test!
#2 – Gary Fowler: a 56-year old from Detroit who died at home from the
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Health safety experts identify 8 types of misdiagnosis in COVID-19 era
HOUSTON – (May 18, 2020) – As healthcare systems handle the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the risk of misdiagnosing a patient
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'2 Little Cuties': Erica Dixon's Snapshot of Her Twin Daughters Sends Fans Over the Moon
Erica Dixon‘s twin daughters Embrii and Eryss are leaving fans stumped with their
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Allen West, ex-congressman, hospitalized in Texas motorcycle accident
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Steve Biko
Steve Biko , in full Bantu Stephen Biko (born December 18, 1946, King William’s Town, South Africa—died September 12, 1977, Pretoria), founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. His death from injuries suffered while in police custody made him an international martyr for South
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Kenya: Aga Khan Hospital to Offer Free COVID-19 Tests for Inpatients
Nairobi — The Aga Khan University Hospital has started conducting free COVID-19 tests for all in-patients, surgical and day surgery patients, in a precautionary measure aimed at combating the spread of the
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Maya Rudolph
Maya Rudolph was childhood pals with Gwyneth Paltrow — their fathers were old friends… Maya Rudolph has two children with film director Paul Thomas Anderson: Pearl (b. 2005) and Lucille (b. 2009).
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COVID-19 — My Personal Battle from a Positive to a Negative Result – Free Press of Jacksonville
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On that Friday, March 27th, things took a drastic turn for the worse, as it relates to my
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Woman Charged With Murder After Illegal Plastic Surgery Procedure Kills Her Patient
Kenner, LA — Keshawn Bruce, a 31-year old woman from Louisiana, has been arrested and charged with manslaughter four years after Juliet Capps, who was then 42-years old, died of complications allegedly caused by the illegal butt injection that Bruce
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Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, founds Provident Hospital in Chicag
Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, founds Provident Hospital in Chicago, IL
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Malia Obama
Many sources have listed Malia Obama’s birth year as 1999. However, she was widely reported to be celebrating her 10th birthday in July of 2008, while her father was campaigning for president. In a video interview with Access Hollywood that year, Barack Obama can be heard joking with Malia that she
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Pittsburgh Public Schools’ CTE Program supports frontline workers with masks during pandemic
On April 30, complete with masks, gloves, and the accompanying hidden smiles, teachers from the Pittsburgh Public Schools’ Career and Technical Education program, along with Family and Consumer Science teachers and a Health Careers Technology teacher, teamed up to make facemasks for frontline
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Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, found
Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, founds Provident Hospital in Chicago, IL . At the same time, he founded Provident Hospital School of Nursing because Emma Reynolds, African America, had been denied admission to every school of nursing in Chicago
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23
1891
William Purvis
William Purvis realized how much of an inconvenience it was to have to carry around a bottle of ink whenever you needed to sign a contract or fill out legal papers. He therefore decided to do something about
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Cowboy Willie "Bill" Pickett dies
World famous African American cowboy Willie Bill Pickett died in Ponca, Oklahoma, hospital of injuries sustained after he was kicked in the head by a horse on the Millers Brothers Fabulous 101 Ranch.
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Wild monkey found in Trinidad hospital operating room
(Trinidad Guardian) As medical personnel at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (POSGH) prepared to resume elective surgeries on Friday, they were delayed for a few hours more after a wild monkey was found in the operating
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How to put on and take off a face mask
Nurse Charmaine O'Reilly, the in-service education officer at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), is responsible for training more than 800 hospital staff who are at the forefront of the COVID-19 fight, in the donning and doffing of personal protective equipment, including
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Port Kaituma Hospital commissioned
The long-awaited $959m Port Kaituma Regional Hospital was commissioned today by de facto Minister of Public Health Volda
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Coronavirus: stats of Africa's most impacted nation per region
Africa’s last country to record a case was Lesotho on March
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Oretha Castle: Civil Rights Activists & Organizer of the New Orleans Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation
Oretha Castle: Civil Rights Activists & Organizer of the New Orleans Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation
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Alexander, Sadie Tanner Mossell (1898-1989)
Born two decades before American women won the right to vote, Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander overcame obstacles as a female and also as an African American in the elite profession of law. In 1927 she became the first black woman to gain admission to the Pennsylvania Bar, beginning a long career
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MTRH CEO impersonators detained
Three men accused of impersonating Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) Chief Executive Officer Wilson Aruasa will be detained for 14 days pending
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Spingarn Medal: Charles R. Drew
Spingarn Medal presented to Charles R. Drew who set up and ran the blood plasma bank in the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City which served as one of the models for the widespread system of blood banks now in operation for the American Red Cross.
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Harold Washington - Birthday
Early life and education [ edit ] Harold Lee Washington was born on April 15, 1922 at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois,[4] to Roy and Bertha Washington.
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