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by Lydia Blanco – Over 40% of American adults are overweight. A recent COVID-NET report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that half of the COVID-19 patients are obese. Additionally, 89% of […]

By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer – A flood of new research suggests that far more people have had the coronavirus without any symptoms, fueling hope that it will turn out to be much less […]

By Cailey Rizzo – The funds will protect employee pay through Sept. 30, 2020. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, […]

WASHINGTON – Former President Barack Obama, who has remained neutral for the entirety of the 2020 Democratic primary, endorsed his former vice president, Joe Biden, on Tuesday. “I’m so proud to endorse Joe Biden for […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — COVID-19 has not affected all industries and businesses equally, with some experiencing a huge spike in sales during the pandemic. Cannabis is just one of the markets that have seen sales surge […]

By Gwen Aviles  “The CDC coming to you and saying ‘put a bandana over your face, walk out and that will make you more safe,’ as a black man in New York City, it’s like […]

By Alanna Vagianos In March, for the first time, the majority of RAINN’s sexual abuse hotline users were minors. For most Americans, sheltering in place is a sensible act of self-protection amid the coronavirus pandemic. […]

Fauci said hypertension, diabetes can make blacks have worse outcomes. By Jordyn Phelp / Libby Cathey and Cheyenne Haslett April 7, 2020 One day after President Donald Trump‘s trade adviser Peter Navarro publicly pushed back against the nation’s top infectious […]

By Saskia Kercy One of the more insidious bits of misinformation in the early days of the pandemic was the idea that black people were somehow, as if by magic, immune to COVID-19, the disease […]