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In an op-ed published in the Boston Globe, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and National Medical Association (NMA) President Leon McDougle discussed the vaccine...
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This Sunday is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day – a day that may not get the attention of World AIDS Day, but one that is equally important.
On this day, we call...
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The Clinical Management of Patients with COVID-19 course series is developed (by the World Health Organization) for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It...
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state's vaccination program.
As of 11AM today, New York's health care distribution sites have received 1,554...
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Residents of Newark, New Jersey have secured safe drinking water protections from lead contamination under a proposed settlement agreement submitted to a federal court...
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Four hundred lights stretch along the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall. Each represents one thousand people in America who have died of COVID-19.
It...
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In his run for the presidency, Joe Biden laid out a “Plan for Older Americans” that reflected the Democratic party philosophy that healthcare and living with...
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On Friday, I received my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. I was honored to be accompanied by Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, the brilliant African-American viral immunologist who...
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An end to the COVID-19 pandemic is finally in sight. Both Pfizer and Moderna reported that their vaccine candidates are 95 percent effective, and subsequently received...
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On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. joins a concerned Bronx resident in calling for United Healthcare to come to the negotiating table...
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A Colorado nursing home is confirmed as having a someone there who tested positive for the new strain of COVID-19.
The American Health Care Association and National...
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The following column by Dr. G. Richard Olds addresses the critical shortage of doctors in America, which has exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis.
The United...
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Stark racial disparities in deaths from workplace trauma show an urgent need to address strategic racism and discrimination in U.S. workplaces, the National Council for...
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A new report from the Center for American Progress outlines a new framework to restructure the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) to address environmental racism and build...
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On Wednesday, December 16 at 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT, the NAACP will host a virtual town hall series entitled UNMASKED: COVID Vaccines.
Over the last year, the NAACP...
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