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A Question for Black Americans: Vaccine or Body Bag?

February 25, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By  BlackPressUSA – Dr. John Warren, Publisher, San Diego Voice and Viewpoint – Black people, who are at the greatest risk of dying from Covid 19, have the lowest rate of receiving […]

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Study Suggests Drinking Caffeinated Coffee May Reduce Heart Failure

February 24, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – By  Stacy M. Brown – To analyze the outcomes of drinking caffeinated coffee, researchers categorized consumption as 0 cups per day, 1 cup per day, 2 cups per day and at […]

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CDC: Life Expectancy of Black Men Has Dropped by Three Years

February 24, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Correspondent – Non-Hispanic Black males now have the lowest life expectancy of any group. The new data shows that African Americans on average […]

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Is Columbia Professor Carl Hart Liberal America’s New Pawn For Romanticizing Black Heroin Usage?

February 23, 2021 admin 0

By Victor Trammell (Source: www.yourblackworld.net)– During the seventh week of 2021, a black male psychology professor and neuroscience expert at Columbia University went viral for his controversial opinion about an illegal narcotic. The Insider published an article […]

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Northside Seniors Take Advantage Of Surprise Offering

February 22, 2021 admin 0

In an effort to battle the disparity of African-American receiving the vaccine, the City of Jacksonville sponsored a surprise first come first serve vaccination for 900 doses. Despite the myth that Black people do not […]

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President Biden Taps Meharry Medical College President for COVID Task Force

February 22, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE —@StacyBrownMedia / By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent  (Source: www.blackpressusa.com)  – “COVID-19 has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans, and if adequate steps are not taken, this number will continue […]

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7 Sisters Who Are Shaping the Conversation About Black Women’s Bodies

February 16, 2021 admin 0

HEALTH – By Carlett Spike – (Source: www.sistersletter.com) – We’re grateful to Serena, Lizzo, Laverne, Debbie, Michelle and others for reminding us that no matter our shape, size, age or coloring, we are beautiful. Last year […]

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Time to Recognize Role of Racism in Infant Mortality The Columbus Dispatch

January 29, 2021 admin 0

(www.dispatch.com) – The mid-December news from the Ohio Department of Health was discouraging: Following years of effort to reduce the rate of infant mortality, new numbers showed that not only did the overall rate remain unchanged, the […]

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HIV/AIDS Housing Programs is Saving Lives in Florida: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is February 7

January 29, 2021 admin 0

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on February 7 recognizes the positive impact and need for HIV education, testing, community involvement, and treatment. Many Floridians, especially those in the Black community, are having to cope with […]

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Time To Be ‘Solutions-Focused:’ Tackling COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Black Americans

January 28, 2021 admin 0

(Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com)  – In this interview, Prof. Leon McDougle, MD, MPH, president of the National Medical Association (NMA), speaks to Medical News Today about vaccine hesitancy among Black Americans and some of the initiatives that […]

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